n a victory for city State's Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby, (click here) a judge on Wednesday denied motions to dismiss charges against six Baltimore police officers charged in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray and to recuse Mosby's office from the case.
The hearing will resume at 2 p.m. when prosecutors and defense attorneys are expected to argue if the trial against the officers should be split up.
The ruling by Judge Barry Williams came shortly after prosecutors and defense attorneys returned to court at 11:15 a.m., following arguments by prosecutors and defense attorneys in the first pre-trial motions hearing in the case....
... Gray, 25, suffered a severe spinal cord injury while in police custody on April 12 and died from his injuries a week later....
...Schatzow argued that prosecutors had no conflicts of interest....
...The judge also said defense claims of conflicts of interests by Mosby and other prosecutors "didn't come close" to meriting their removal from the case....
...At the conclusion of his remarks, Williams told attorneys to stop seeking media sound bites and making unsupported claims....
The judge didn't level a gag order, but, came as close as he could while giving the attorneys their own integrity to uphold the truth of the case. I am sure the unrest in the African American community weighed into the judges decision. It is best to have the community realize there is a due process for everyone.
