BALTIMORE — About 30% of prospective jurors in Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s federal perjury and mortgage fraud case indicated in questionnaires they already have made up their minds about her case, Mosby’s lawyers said in a court filing Thursday.
Defense attorneys for Mosby, who is charged with two counts each of perjury and making false statements on loan applications, were responding to federal prosecutors’ request for an order in the case prohibiting those involved from commenting about the case in a suggestive manner outside of court.
Citing a handful of written responses from prospective jurors indicating they had decided the two-term Democrat is guilty, Mosby’s lawyers argued the jury pool already was prejudiced against her because of the extensive media coverage of her case.
