Defense moves for mistrial in Freddie Gray case after police document about

On re-direct by prosecutors, Allan said that if there had been an injury to Gray’s spine anywhere below his neck, she would have found evidence of it during her autopsy.

Earlier Monday, defense attorney Joe Murtha cross-examined an assistant state medical examiner and an expert medical witness about the possibility that Gray had a prior injury.

The trial is continuing after Judge Williams denied a request for a mistrial late Monday.

The questioning on Monday focused on the cause of death, which Dr. Carol Allan said was a lack of oxygen from brain injuries.

Raising the idea of a “pre-existing condition”, Murtha asked the experts whether their testimony would change if they knew Gray had suffered a previous back injury.

The videotaped interview was the very first time the people heard an officer’s report of the events surrounding the arrest and transportation that led to Gray’s departure but also set Baltimore aflame of Gray.

She and a second medical expert for the prosecution – Dr. Morris Marc Soriano, an IL neurosurgeon – both testified that Gray’s life could have been saved had Porter called for a medic when Gray first told him he needed one. She saw several officers standing around the van, and Gray in the back, his head turned to the side with his eyes staring straight ahead.

Courthouse sources tell WBAL NewsRadio 1090 that the prosecution could wrap up its case today a the trial of Baltimore City Police Officer William Porter, one of the six police officers charged with the death of Freddie Gray. She’s been replaced on the 12-member panel by alternate juror number one, a man.

“It’s a theory based on witnesses’ statements of Freddie Gray’s behavior and medical analysis of the injury”, she said.

“Somewhere in that 24 minutes, we lost Mr. Gray”, Soriano said.

In the statement, Gray admits to having injured his back.

A Baltimore Fire Department paramedic who treated Freddie Gray has testified that in her 17-year career, she has never refused a police call for an ambulance.

Porter and Goodson are among six Baltimore police officers charged in the case. Five other officers have pleaded not guilty to similar charges in connection with Gray’s death, which sparked weeks of protests, and a night of rioting following his funeral on April 27.

Porter is now facing charges of involuntary manslaughter, second-degree assault, misconduct in office and reckless endangerment for his part in Gray’s death, according to the Baltimore Sun. He could be sentenced to more than 25 years in prison if convicted on all counts.

Before Williams’ surprise ruling, the day’s proceedings had been dominated by medical testimony about Gray’s injuries from the April incident – which included a broken neck and a severe spinal cord injury.

The defense has said Porter did not believe Gray was seriously injured until he was found unconscious at the police station.