Governor State of Maryland Chairperson Shawn M. Wright, Esq. Vice-Chairperson Commission on Civil Rights Robert L. Baum, Esq. Commissioners Officers Laura M. Esquivel Alvin O. Gillard, Executive Director Norman I. Gelman Cleveland L. Horton II, Deputy Director Rabbi Binyamin Marwick Gary Norman, Esq. Nicolette Young, Assistant Director Naima Said, Esq. Glendora C. Hughes, General Counsel Gina McKnight-Smith, Pharm.D., M.B.A. DeWayne Wickham

QUICK FACTS ON THE CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS RELATED TO THE

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015: HEARING ON MOTIONS

 Motion to disqualify Marilyn Mosby ( City State’s Attorney) from prosecuting/trying the case based on alleged conflict of interest.  Motion seeking a special prosecutor whose sole responsibility will be to prosecute/try this case in court.  Motion to seal and/or disclose various documents and other .  Motion to dismiss one or more of the charges against one or more of the defendants on various grounds.  Motion to have separate trials as opposed to a single consolidated trial against all six defendants at the same time.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015: HEARING ON MOTION

 CHANGE OF VENUE, motion to “remove” the case from Baltimore City based on the assertion that media coverage makes it difficult/impossible to seat an impartial and unbiased jury. If the Judge grants this motion he would then order the case to be tried before a jury in another Maryland jurisdiction selected by the Administrative Judge for the Circuit Court.

The Judge could decide any or all of the above motions during or at the end of the September hearings, or he could defer ruling on some or all of them at his discretion.

OCTOBER 13, 2015: TRIAL

The trial date could change depending on the various rulings on the above-mentioned motions.

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