Baltimore judge finds ‘presumption of vindictiveness’ in Keith Davis Jr. attempted murder case, sets evidence hearing

Finding that Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby and her staff showed “personal animosity” toward Keith Davis Jr., a city judge ruled there was a “presumption of vindictiveness” behind prosecutors’ decision to charge Davis with attempted murder shortly after he won a fifth trial in a controversial 2015 murder case. Circuit Judge John Nugent stopped short of saying Mosby’s office was vindictive in bringing the charges against Davis — and of dismissing the charges on those grounds — but said the defense presented enough evidence of the possibility of vindictiveness to warrant Mosby’s office turn over relevant records and to hold an evidentiary hearing.