The defense team for Charles Merritt says that AT&T did not comply with their requests to turn over phone records. In the most recent hearing on July 8, the defense argued that AT&T's reasons for not providing the records were inadequate. The judge has asked a representative of AT&T to appear at today's hearing presumably to answer more questions.

Bradley is charged with murder in a case without a body or a crime scene or a confession. The state wants to use as evidence against him a previous murder he committed (for which he served 23 years) and another murder for which he has NOT been charged. This hearing will address the "prior bad acts" and should end in a decision.

Garrett Miller's trial, on charges related to Freddie Gray's death in April 2015, is scheduled to begin today. He is the fourth officer to be tried since Officer Porter's mistrial last December and the subsequent appeals. Porter fought the State's efforts to compel his testimony against the remaining five officers while charges are still pending against him. He lost in Maryland's highest court and has been forced to testify against the others.

Mark Sievers is charged with capital murder for the death of his wife Teresa in June 2015. He is accused of hiring a childhood friend, Curtis Wayne Wright, to kill her. Wright allegedly hired his friend Jimmy Rodgers to assist. Wright is now cooperating with prosecutors. He pled guilty to second degree murder and is expected to receive a sentence of 25 years to life. Rodgers is also facing capital murder charges. It's unclear, as I write this, the purpose of today's hearing. It may just be a status conference.

The judge is expected to issue a decision today on whether the statements made by Graswald to police on April 29-30, 2015 about the drowning death of her fiance Vincent Viafore in New York's Hudson River can be used by the prosecution at trial. On July 27, 2016, the judge continued Grawald's case to Sept. 1, 2016. That is her next court appearance.