C-dub wrote:If all the officers are acquitted of the homicide charges, is it still a homicide?
YES!
What degree? Maybe they didn't plan on killing him but it would appear that's what they succeeded in doing.
Here is a full list of charges, as released by the Office of the State's Attorney for Baltimore City. Numbers in parentheses are maximum sentences if there is a conviction.
Officer Caesar R. Goodson Jr.
1) Second-degree depraved heart murder (30 yrs.)
2) Manslaughter (involuntary) (10 yrs.)
3) Assault/second degree (10 yrs.)
4) Manslaughter by vehicle (gross negligence) (10 yrs.)
5) Manslaughter by vehicle (criminal negligence) (3 yrs.)
6) Misconduct in office (8th Amendment*)
7) Reckless endangerment (5 yrs.)
Officer William G. Porter
1) Manslaughter (involuntary) (10 yrs.)
2) Assault/second degree (10 yrs.)
3) Misconduct in office (8th Amendment*)
4) Reckless endangerment (5 yrs.)
Lt. Brian W. Rice
1) Manslaughter (involuntary) (10 yrs.)
2) Assault/second degree (10 yrs.)
3) Misconduct in office (8th Amendment*)
4) Misconduct in office (8th Amendment*)
5) Reckless endangerment (5 yrs.)
Officer Edward M. Nero
1) Assault/second degree (10 yrs.)
2) Misconduct in office (8th Amendment*)
3) Misconduct in office (8th Amendment*)
4) Reckless endangerment (5 yrs.)
Officer Garrett E. Miller
1) Assault/second degree (10 yrs.)
2) Misconduct in office (8th Amendment*)
3) Misconduct in office (8th Amendment*)
4) Reckless endangerment (5 yrs.)
Sgt. Alicia D. White
1) Manslaughter (involuntary) (10 yrs.)
2) Assault/second degree (10 yrs.)
3) Misconduct in office (8th Amendment*)
4) Reckless endangerment (5 yrs.)