New Trial For Man Convicted of Murdering Phylicia Barnes
A judge said prosecutors didn't share required information.
The Baltimore man found guilty last month of murdering 16-year-old Phylicia Barnes will get a new trial, according to WBAL-TV. A judge Wednesday was supposed to sentence Michael Maurice Johnson. Instead, Judge Alfred Nance said prosecutors failed to give Johnson’s lawyers new information about one of their witnesses, according to the Baltimore Sun. Johnson faced 30 years in prison for killing Barnes, a North Carolina resident who was in Baltimore visiting her half-sister. She went missing in December 2010. After a search that spread throughout much of the state, including Howard County, Barnes’s body was found Susquehanna River in April 2010. Johnson’s attorneys said prosecutors overstated the credibility of James McCray, a witness who …
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Keith
12:40 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013
Yeah I agree the half sister knows more. He drugged that little girl in addition to alcohol. Sad so very sad.   more ›