Baltimore Cops’ Trials Pushed Back In Freddie Gray Case

From The Daily Caller:

The Baltimore police officers charged in Freddie Gray’s death have hit yet another hiccup.

Maryland’s highest court ruled Thursday to postpone their trials until the Maryland Court of Appeals decides whether one cop can be forced to testify against his fellow officers, The Baltimore Sun reports.

The decision comes after Circuit Judge Barry G. Williams’s order that William G. Porter could be compelled to testify, even though he has pleaded the fifth and has pending charges for which he will be tried. Williams’s decision was called highly unusual by many legal experts.

The prosecution’s case will likely rely heavily on Porter’s testimony, so compelling him to testify is crucial. The next case for one of the officers was set to begin jury selection Monday but now will be suspended for an undetermined length of time.

Compelled testimony in violation of one's 5th amendment right? Only liberals would approve, if it's cop testifying.

Appeals Court Stays Key Order in Freddy Gray Cases

From Powerline Blog:

I wrote here about Judge Barry Williams’ order that Officer William Porter, who is awaiting retrial, will have to testify against colleagues who also are charged in the Freddy Gray cases. Porter argued that the Fifth Amendment gives him the right not to testify, inasmuch as he is still in legal jeopardy and his testimony might tend to incriminate him, but the judge rejected this contention. As I noted, Porter’s lawyers promptly took the matter to the appeals court, seeking an injunction.

Today, the appeals court granted the injunction. It is only a temporary one — a stay. The injunction protects Porter from having to testify while the three-judge court sorts its way through the legal issues raised by Judge Williams’ apparently unprecedented ruling.

Wow, that was close!

Let's see if they are seious.

Baltimore Judge Guts the 5th Amendment

From The American Thinker Blog:

Just a day after a weeping President Obama attempted to disembowel the 2d Amendment with a series of unconstitutional executive orders, a liberal judge in Maryland, caving to the mob justice in that plagues that benighted city, gutted the 5th Amendment. This occurred during a pre-trial hearing in the case of Officer Caesar R. Goodson, the second Baltimore City policeman to be tried criminally in the allegedly accidental death of small-time hood Freddie Gray. The prosecution asked Judge Barry G. Williams to compel Officer William G. Porter, to testify against Goodson, and the judge, over the strenuous opposition of the defense, granted the motion.

So, they 5th Amendment doesn't apply, when it get's in the way of the agenda. Explains liberals treatment of the 1at and 2nd Amendment.