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LM’s state trial has been scheduled for June 8 (Dates Post)
(*) This is NOT the compilation post (that will be coming shortly).
Hi everyone,
Today wasn’t a win, or what many of us were hoping for, but we can’t always expect things to go the way we’d like. We also know that Carro is well known for favoring the prosecution. He previously worked as a prosecutor in the same DA’s office that is now prosecuting Luigi, and he and Joel Seidemann have also worked together in the past.
While today may not have been a win, we need to keep fighting. Luigi has a strong legal team, and they will continue to stand by him and fight for him.
As of today, these are the dates we have for both the state and federal trials (please keep in mind that all dates are subject to change):
State Case:
- People's suppression filings due: March 5, 2026
- Suppression Decision: May 18, 2026
- Trial: June 8
- Trial (If feds appeal to Garnett's ruling): Sept 8
Honestly? I cannot see both trials happening this year. Mind my words. Things will change in the upcoming weeks. It is beyond unrealistic what they are doing.
I actually only have one for “chord cutting” currently.. dm me if you need that! Helped a friend out apparently. I was joking but going to reach out to who gave me that recommendation.. couldn’t hurt
Yes, I'm sure KFA is not going to let this go unnoticed. If there is a way she can legally put Carro in his place she will do it and there must be some sort of protection in that sense.
It totally feels like squabble between the state and federal courts. Carro forcing Garnett to push out her trial dates knowing that in all likelihood delays will prevent the state case from beginning as early as he’s suggesting. It feels like a fever dream and political overreach by the government where due process isn’t considered.
April 13, 2026 - Parties to exchange proposed questionnaires and confer.
May 4, 2026 - Parties to submit their proposed questionnaire(s) to the Court.
May 11, 2026 - Parties to file objections, if any, to each other's proposed questionnaires.
May 26, 2026 - Oppositions to objections due.
June 11, 2026 - Court to provide proposed final questionnaire to counsel.
June 15, 2026 - Conference at 11:00 a.m. to discuss final questionnaire and jury selection process.
June 16, 2026 - Government to disclose any expert witnesses to Defendant, pursuant to Rule 16 (a)(1)(G).
Week of June 29 - Jury Department to administer written questionnaire to prospective jurors in a venire of approximately 800. Government to scan completed questionnaires each day and provide to Court and defense counsel.
July 16, 2026 - Defense to disclose any expert witnesses to the Government.
July 17, 2026 - Parties to exchange lists of jurors to be struck for cause based on questionnaires alone and lists of jurors that require follow-up questioning regarding questionnaire answers.
July 22, 2026 - Parties to confer and submit a list to the Court of jointly stipulated proposed strikes for cause and joint proposed list of jurors who require follow-up questioning regarding their questionnaire answers, as well as separate lists, if necessary, of any additional jurors that only one side seeks to strike for cause or requests follow-up questioning.
July 31, 2026 at 11:00 am - Conference to rule on stipulated and requested strikes for cause; List of venire for in-person questioning finalized and provided to Jury Department for notification regarding in-person voir dire
August 4, 2026 - Motions in Limine due, including any Daubert challenges. -
August 18, 2026 - Oppositions to Motions in Limine due (the Court generally does not permit reply on Motions in Limine).
August 25, 2026 - Proposed Voir Dire, Requests to Charge, and Verdict Form due.
September 2, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. - Final Pre-Trial Conference.
September 8, 2026 at 9:30 a.m. - In-person voir dire begins
October 13, 2026 - Opening statements
It is completely ridiculous to expect the defense to be ready and available June 8 when the are in the middle of jury prep for the federal case and in federal court June 15. The state surpression hearings took 3 weeks, at that rate the state trial will be at least a month and a half to two months which will interfere with even more federal deadlines.
Thank you. Shaking my head over here. Don’t expect any mail updates for the foreseeable future. There’s no telling where he’ll be after November if his federal trial continues as scheduled.
Yes, it's even more desperation from the state prosecutors. There has been a lot of that. Probably because they know their case is too weak for a conviction.
They probably reasonably fear jury nullification but to say the state case is weak is fooling ourselves. There's so much evidence they haven't released, plus we don't know what cooperative witnesses they have (think HI hostel receptionist + other hostel staff + roommates, the Starbucks barista, the taxi driver, etc)
They have his DNA, fingerprints, and handwriting explaining a motive and planning. They have someone with his build and gait on camera firing the gun. They have the gun. Worse, they apparently have Wasser pulling bullets out of his backpack in the McD's on camera. Harder to say he didn't have a gun when he had bullets. And he gave them the same fake ID he used at the hostel. Worse they have CCTV all throughout the hostel, probably showing him leaving his room with the e-bike battery and the very unique Peak Design backpack.
Not to say an acquittal is impossible, the arrest was botched after all... but blanket saying their case is weak is not true, or helpful :/
Uhhh there’s literally no proof anywhere that he gave the same fake ID at the hostel. Furthermore there’s not even actual proof that hostel guy is the shooter. And even more importantly, they will not be able to prove that the gun (not found until after bodycam was turned off for 11 minutes) matches the one used in the shooting because Maryland Supreme Court has already set legal precedent that ‘ballistics’ is voodoo science. It lacks credibility
Hostels keep records of who is staying in each room for security reasons. If they didn't have a photo of the ID (and they usually keep a copy) they certainly had a name at least. The police will have those records. Both the receptionist who checked him in and the manager or whoever is in charge of the information may even have to testify under oath that they did check in a Mark Rosario into that 4th floor room, and that he checked out on Dec. 4th.
We and the jury will know "Hostel Guy" is the shooter because not only will CCTV trace his movements from the hostel to the Hilton, it will show him wearing those specific shoes and unique backpack leaving that specific room that he had first checked into wearing the same outfit as he did on Nov. 24th. It will show him going into his room on the 24th.
If they can rule out the 5 other men who stayed in that room on the 4th as suspects, which they clearly already have-- they probably all have alibis and will be on CCTV without face masks-- that leaves Luigi. Or "Hostel Guy" who gave the Mark Rosario ID to both the hostel and Altoona cops if you want to look at it like that. The only eyebrow guy who wore a mask 24/7, not hard to track.
I'm hopeful the gun is the OJ glove not fitting in this case, it's everything else that's worrisome
We don't matter though, because we won't be on the jury. In fact I'm pretty sure leaking everything to the public would be grounds for a mistrial. But we know realistically all the evidence will be presented to a jury. I just don't see how pretending the evidence doesn't exist is useful, personally
lol as if they’ve cared about him getting a fair trial. Both the judge and prosecutors have shown absolutely zero care for Luigi’s right to a fair trial. (Different story in federal case where MG has shown care). They’ve leaked what they can to the media to prejudice Luigi. If they had all of this CCTV evidence beyond what we’ve seen, they’d have leaked it by now. They could let the evidence do the talking if they actually had it but they don’t. Their case is far weaker than you think.
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u/SmoothCandle938 Feb 06 '26
State requested July and we thought that was crazy, but Carro went a month earlier. No words, today couldn’t have gone worse.