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STATE OF MARYLAND
vs.
Case Number:
115141032
CAESAR GOODSON,
DEFENDANT.
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REPORTER'S OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS
(Trial on the Merits - Verdict)
Baltimore, Maryland
Thursday, June 23, 2016
BEFORE:
HONORABLE BARRY G. WILLIAMS, Associate Judge
APPEARANCES:
For the State:
JANICE BLEDSOE, ESQUIRE
MICHAEL SCHATZOW, ESQUIRE
MATTHEW PILLION, ESQUIRE
JOHN BUTLER, ESQUIRE
SARAH AKHTAR, ESQUIRE
For the Defendant:
MATTHEW B. FRALING, III, ESQUIRE
JUSTIN A. REDD, ESQUIRE
ANDREW J. GRAHAM, ESQUIRE
AMY E. ASKEW, ESQUIRE
* Proceedings Digitally Recorded *
Transcribed by:
Christopher W. Metcalf
Deputy Court Reporter
Circuit Court for Baltimore City
111 N. Calvert Street
Suite 515, Courthouse East
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
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T A B L E
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C O N T E N T S
P a g e
P R O C E E D I N G S
( 10:07:45 a.m.)
THE CLERK:
All rise.
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THE COURT:
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Good morning.
MR. SCHATZOW:
This
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Goodson.
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THE COURT:
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MR. SCHATZOW:
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MR. GRAHAM:
Also with
Good morning.
Good morning, Your Honor.
Good morning, Your Honor.
Andrew
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THE COURT:
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MR. GRAHAM:
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THE COURT:
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Good morning.
Good morning.
Excuse me, one second.
(Pause in proceedings.)
THE COURT:
All right.
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life.
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consequences.
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Gray.
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and was not accidental; and that the contact was not
legally justified.
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human life, and the driver is aware that his driving has
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guilt.
Simple
his office.
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charged.
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If a particular
It is simply
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civil negligence.
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evidence.
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It
when provided.
States burden was to show not only that Mr. Gray was in
that Mr. Gray had a need for medical care, and when Mr.
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In order to
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culpable.
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The
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experts.
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Porters right.
Help.
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And
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that time, Mr. Gray was sitting on the bench, feet on the
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floor.
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him.
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At
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forward.
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Grays breathing
think that Mr. Gray was going to pass booking, and they
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the hospital was not to convey his belief that Mr. Gray
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medical treatment.
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Porter did
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a need.
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treatment.
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was aware, or should have been aware of, that Mr. Gray
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But, of course,
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4.
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Doctor
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there was the odor of feces that did not present until
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after stop 5.
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Mr. Gray was talking and able to use his legs at all at
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stop 4, Mr. Gray could not have had the injury at stop 4.
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after stop 5.
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They are
There are
With this
type of injury, Mr. Gray would not have control over head
upright.
function.
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scenarios.
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leads the State to argue that Mr. Gray must have stood up
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at some point.
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injures occurred,
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the injury likely did not occur when Mr. Gray was in a
floor.
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The State
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occurred.
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The evidence
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prior to stop 4.
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at stop 2.
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to place Mr. Gray on the bench, and the only evidence the
Court was presented with was that Mr. Gray was able to
This
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prior to stop 5.
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bench.
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Gray.
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It was, according to
head and shoulders moving, and the spinal cord has been
shutdown.
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before stop 6.
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outward symptoms.
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assistance.
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Since there
possibilities.
Gray, and that theres only a few ways that that can
But based
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how it happened.
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immediately or not.
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Not one
medical distress.
While
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While the
When
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morning.
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sign.
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The
in the video.
the Court did note that there was a van on the right side
The Court cannot conclude that the defendant ran the stop
back of the van, and comes back and gets in and pulls
off.
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8:59:51.
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there.
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stop 5.
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this stop.
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Of course, in order to
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ran a stop sign, and made a wide right turn, that the
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As
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The
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seat belt Mr. Gray and then driving, the defendant knew
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injured.
There was no
officers.
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Gray.
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making the turn with the intent to injure Mr. Gray, the
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that Mr. Gray was injured, much less injured more than
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intended.
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driving.
detainees.
provided.
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finds that Mr. Gray was injured while riding in the van
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not find that the evidence showed that was the intended
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Gray.
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before stop 6.
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was aware of the risk this would, not could, cause and
consequences.
this Court.
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manslaughter.
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Gray.
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life.
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before stop 6.
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In order to
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defendant.
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making his body come into contact with the inside of the
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wagon.
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injuries.
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is the same because, for this count, the law requires the
death.
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vehicle.
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Freddie Gray.
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human life, and the driver is aware that his driving has
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stop sign at Riggs and Fremont and his driving over the
Section 21-707 of
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intersecting roadway.
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view.
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onto Fremont.
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van.
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The
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Police department.
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failing to seat belt Mr. Gray created a high risk to, and
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manslaughter.
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guilt.
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Simple
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Grays death.
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and to seat belt Mr. Gray while he was in the van rises
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not focus on the end result which can be, and has been in
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It does
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Therefore, the
Mr. Gray.
reckless endangerment.
The State
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of his office.
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would.
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A willful failure or
benefit.
the defendant the State must prove that the defendant was
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through 5.
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The law
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judgment.
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negligence.
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Rice, a
The
was at the back for fewer than 11 seconds the Court shall
assess.
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Noting the he
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situation.
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crimes prosecuted.
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stop 4.
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statute or law.
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criminal conduct.
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civil negligence.
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REPORTER'S CERTIFICATE
I, Christopher W. Metcalf, Deputy Court
Reporter of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, do
hereby certify that the proceedings in the matter of
State of Maryland vs. Caesar Goodson, Case Number
115141032, on June 23, 2016, before the Honorable Barry
G. Williams, Associate Judge, were duly recorded by means
of digital recording.
I further certify that the page numbers 1
through 38 constitute the official transcript of the
morning session of these proceedings as transcribed by me
or under my direction from the digital recording to the
within typewritten matter in a complete and accurate
manner.
In Witness Whereof, I have affixed my signature
this 23rd day of June, 2016.
____________________________
Christopher W. Metcalf
Deputy Court Reporter
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