Retrial Scheduled For June In Porter Case

Prosecutors will retry the case against Officer William Porter.

The new trial is set to start June 13, after the trials for the other five officers charged in Freddie Gray's death, a court spokeswoman said. Porter's first trial ended last week in a mistrial.

The date was set in a scheduling conference held Monday in circuit court Judge Barry Williams' chambers. It will be formally approved at an administrative court hearing Tuesday at Courthouse East. Porter has waived his right to appear.

The date for Officer Caesar Goodson's trial is still set for Jan. 6. Goodson faces the most serious charges in Gray's death.

Porter faces four charges in Gray's death--involuntary manslaughter, second-degree assault, misconduct in office and reckless endangerment--but a city jury could not reach agreement on any of those counts. Since Porter still faces those charges, however, prosecutors will likely be unable to call him as a witness in Goodson's trial.

Source WBAL