Quote:Prosecutors dropped their case against the final two of six officers not yet tried in the Freddie Gray case in Baltimore on Wednesday.

Officers Garret Miller and Alicia White were awaiting trial over the death of Gray, a black man, on April 19, 2015, a week after he suffered a spinal injury sometime during a police van ride.

Miller, who was set to stand trial today, faced charges of second-degree assault, misconduct in office and reckless endangerment, reports CBS Baltimore.

White was set to undergo her trial later this year.

Quote:In December of last year, a Baltimore judge declared a mistrial for Porter in the first trial over Gray's death, because the jury in his case remained deadlocked.

Porter's charges were also dropped Wednesday. He was set to face a retrial later this year.

Quote:The decision Wednesday to drop all charges came during what was expected to be a contentious hearing surrounding the prosecution's ability to proceed with Miller's trial without using anything he said on the witness stand in Nero's trial against him.

Miller had been charged with second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and two counts of misconduct in office related to Gray's arrest.

Miller was compelled to testify at Nero's trial under a limited form of immunity designed to protect his constitutional right against self-incrimination while freeing him to speak about the events that transpired on the morning of Gray's arrest. Before Miller's trial could proceed, prosecutors were required to show that they had not gleaned any evidence or strategic advantage in Miller's trial from his immunized testimony.

Miller's defense attorneys had argued that in order to do so, the prosecutors who argued in Nero's trial and the special "clean team" of prosecutors assigned to argue in Miller's trial without knowledge of his previous testimony should have to take the stand.

Catherine Flynn, one of Miller's attorney, also suggested that Schatzow and Deputy State's Attorney Janice Bledsoe, who argued Nero's case, had inappropriately remained involved in Miller's case. Flynn had subpoenaed Schatzow and Bledsoe, as well as Assistant State's Attorneys Lisa Phelps and Sarah David, who were assigned to the clean team.

Having dropped the charges, prosecutors avoid taking the stand.

(07-27-2016 09:37 AM)Kaplony Wrote:  Sure looks like the charges were dropped to protect the State's Attorney.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/freddie-gray/bs-md-ci-miller-pretrial-motions-20160727-story.html

Quote:The decision Wednesday to drop all charges came during what was expected to be a contentious hearing surrounding the prosecution's ability to proceed with Miller's trial without using anything he said on the witness stand in Nero's trial against him.

Miller had been charged with second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and two counts of misconduct in office related to Gray's arrest.

Miller was compelled to testify at Nero's trial under a limited form of immunity designed to protect his constitutional right against self-incrimination while freeing him to speak about the events that transpired on the morning of Gray's arrest. Before Miller's trial could proceed, prosecutors were required to show that they had not gleaned any evidence or strategic advantage in Miller's trial from his immunized testimony.

Miller's defense attorneys had argued that in order to do so, the prosecutors who argued in Nero's trial and the special "clean team" of prosecutors assigned to argue in Miller's trial without knowledge of his previous testimony should have to take the stand.

Catherine Flynn, one of Miller's attorney, also suggested that Schatzow and Deputy State's Attorney Janice Bledsoe, who argued Nero's case, had inappropriately remained involved in Miller's case. Flynn had subpoenaed Schatzow and Bledsoe, as well as Assistant State's Attorneys Lisa Phelps and Sarah David, who were assigned to the clean team.

Having dropped the charges, prosecutors avoid taking the stand.

(07-27-2016 09:44 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  Based on how the Debbie Wasserman-Shultz deal was handled I expect the Baltimore Prosecutor to be appointed to the HRC staff.

(07-27-2016 10:08 AM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  Mosby is in trouble.

(07-27-2016 10:17 AM)Kaplony Wrote:  Cliff notes of Mosby's speech: It's the crooked police department's fault.

(07-27-2016 12:12 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  Video of Mosby ranting and raving...Blaming police for her failed prosecution. What a mean b#t5ch

(07-27-2016 09:39 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  There should be public apologies made on national television to officers and the citizens of Baltimore