David Linthicum, charged with shooting officers, multi-county manhunt, appears in court
BALTIMORE - David Linthicum, the man who is charged with shooting two Baltimore County police officers and leading investigators on a multi-county manhunt back in February, appeared in court Wednesday.
Listed as a status conference hearing, Linthicum and his public defenders Debbie Levi and James Dills were there, as were a few prosecutors from the Baltimore County State's Attorney's Office.
For more than an hour, Levi complained about the state's handling of evidence, going as far as saying they weren't doing their job in getting things to defense in a timely manner.
This was also an issue raised in a hearing in August.
"There's a zero-percent chance I'll be ready in November," Levi said.
Some of the evidence Levi said she's still waiting to see includes ballistics evidence, as well as the critical incident review.
In response, prosecutors said they've provided everything they have to defense, noting some of it is beyond their obligation to provide.
On some of the outstanding items, prosecutors said they're still waiting on the Baltimore County Police Department and their office is still redacting some things before handing it off to the defense.
Prosecutors added medical records for Det. Jonathan Chih, one of the officers Linthicum is accused of shooting, will be ongoing as he's still getting treatment.
Levi said the defense got a plethora of evidence on Sept. 1, but she's still going through it to determine if there are any outstanding things missing.
She told the judge the defense is "incredibly disadvantaged" and wnats to see about potentially pushing the trial back to give more time.
In February, Linthicum's father called the police to their Cockeysville home. Court records say that's where he fired at one officer.
That kicked off a 38-hour manhunt, during which Linthicum allegedly shot at Chih. He was eventually arrested in Fallston in Harford County.
A month later, a grand jury indicted Linthicum on 27 counts. Among those charges are attempted first-degree murder, first and second-degree assault and armed carjacking.
The defense has argued Linthicum was attempting suicide by cop during all of this, to which prosecutors have said that doesn't line up with his actions.
The judge ordered counsel to continue communicating on discovery issues.
Linthicum's next hearing at 9 a.m. on Sept. 18. That's when they will talk about outstanding discovery needs, as well as see where things stand on potentially postponing.
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