Baltimore police officer’s lawyers want Freddie Gray jury to be sequestered

BALTIMORE – Lawyers for a police officer facing trial in the death of Freddie Gray are asking that the jury be sequestered.

Joseph Murtha and Gary Proctor represent Officer William Porter. They filed the motion last week in Baltimore Circuit Court. Porter is charged with manslaughter and other offences. His trial is scheduled to begin Nov. 30.

The motion asks that during sequestration, the jurors’ television viewing be controlled, their cellphones taken away, and all correspondence, calls and visits with family and friends be monitored by sheriff’s deputies.

Porter’s lawyers say they are asking for sequestration because of the intense news coverage expected during the trial.

Porter is one of six officers facing trial in connection with Gray’s death. The 25-year-old black man died in April of injuries received in police custody.

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