Baltimore judge sets 2023 date for 5th murder trial of Keith Davis Jr., when new state’s attorney will be in office

A Baltimore judge on Wednesday scheduled the fifth murder trial of Keith Davis Jr. to begin in 2023, when a new state’s attorney who has expressed a willingness to drop the controversial case will be in office. Circuit Judge Melissa M. Phinn held a brief hearing over Zoom with Deputy State’s Attorney Noelle Newman as well as Davis’ attorneys, Deborah Katz Levi and Andrew Northrup, and set the case to begin on May 2, 2023.