Maryland's high court hears arguments in Freddie Gray case
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Judges on Maryland's highest court peppered lawyers with questions Thursday about whether an officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray can be forced to testify against five colleagues, a case so unusual a lower judge said it was swimming in "uncharted waters."
Porter's attorney Gary Proctor argued that the state "wants to have its cake and eat it too" by prosecuting Porter and calling him as a witness.
"What is the harm to Officer Porter to tell his story again at multiple trials?" asked Judge Clayton Green.
Porter and the other officers are charged in the death of Gray, a 25-year-old black man who died in Baltimore police custody.