Trial for police van driver charged in Freddie Gray death delayed
Source: Associated Press
A Maryland appeals court has delayed the trial of the police van driver charged in the death of Freddie Gray, who died in April from a spine injury he suffered during a van ride.
Jury selection had been set to start on Monday in Baltimore in the trial of Caesar Goodson. He is the second of six officers scheduled for trial. The manslaughter trial of Officer William Porter ended in December with a hung jury.
Goodson’s case has been complicated after a judge ruled last week that Porter must testify against Goodson, despite Porter’s claim that he has a right not to incriminate himself. A state appeals court has temporarily blocked that ruling while its judges consider whether to uphold that decision.
Porter’s testimony is important to the prosecution of Goodson, who allegedly stopped the van after making a quick, sharp turn, looked in the back and then called for help. “I need to check this prisoner out,” Goodson said on a radio call, to which Porter responded.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jan/11/freddie-gray-trial-police-van-driver-delayed
Baynard Woods in Baltimore and Associated Press
Monday 11 January 2016 16.09 GMT
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