Mosby is a very lucky State Attorney. Maryland state law prohibits cameras and recording devices in court rooms. Her ineptitude, and the weakness behind the false construct of her case, will be masked without sunlight. Unfortunately, we are going to have to rely on reporters and media accounts for details.
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update-1 Update 6:00pmSEPARATE TRIALS – A judge on Wednesday ordered that six Baltimore Police officers charged in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray be tried separately.
The ruling was one of three that Judge Barry Williams handed down during the first pre-trial motions hearing in the case. Williams earlier denied defense motions to dismiss charges against the officers and to recuse State’s Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby’s office from the case.
Prosecutors sought to have the six officers tried in groups, while defense attorneys had argued their clients should be tried separately.  Williams said trying the officers together would not be “in the interest of justice.”  (link)
update-1UPDATE 1:00pm Judge denies motions to dismiss charges, recuse Mosby in Freddie Gray case  In a victory for city State’s Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby, 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.
[Judge] Williams, who at times cut off both the defense attorneys and prosecutors arguing their points, said Mosby’s press conference remarks were “troubling,” but didn’t rob officers of their right to a fair trial.
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. (link)

<> on May 1, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland.
<> on May 1, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland.

(Via Baltimore Sun) After months of sharply worded motions by prosecutors and defense attorneys, legal questions surrounding the officers charged in Freddie Gray‘s arrest and death will be aired publicly for the first time in a solemn, wood-paneled courtroom in downtown Baltimore.
What is going to happen Wednesday? Prosecutors and the defense attorneys representing the six Baltimore Police officers charged in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray are scheduled to appear in court for a hearing in which the judge will hear arguments on key motions in the case.
Marilyn Mosby 2One is a defense motion to dismiss the charges against the officers because of prosecutorial misconduct by Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby; the second is a motion for Mosby and other prosecutors in her office to be recused from the case.
Both sides are also expected to debate whether the officers should be tried together or separately.
The pre-trial motions hearing is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. at the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Courthouse East, 111 N. Calvert  (read more)

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