A jury delivered a guilty verdict on one attempted murder count on Nov. 20 in the case of LaForrest Morgan, 48. He was charged in connection to a 2024 robbery-turned-shooting inside a Penn North restaurant. Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jeffrey M. Geller presided over the case.
Jurors found Morgan not guilty of attempted first-degree murder, but guilty of attempted second-degree murder. They did not render a verdict on the accompanying first-degree assault charge.
The jury also found Morgan guilty of armed robbery, robbery, firearm use in a felony violent crime, possessing a firearm with a felony conviction, illegal possession of a regulated firearm, and four more gun violations…