An eyewitness who picked the alleged shooter out of a photo lineup will still be allowed to testify in the Montford Avenue murder case that left 30-year-old Bianca Nelson dead, a Baltimore judge has ruled. After a motion hearing in Baltimore City Circuit Court, the judge refused to suppress the identification, keeping what could be one of the prosecution’s most damaging pieces of evidence in play. Defense attorneys had argued the lineup was unfairly suggestive.
Police account and charges
According to the Baltimore Police Department, detectives arrested 29-year-old Dakwane Cole on Nov. 25, 2024, and charged him with first-degree murder and attempted murder in the Nov. 6 shooting. Police say officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert and later took Cole into custody in the 1800 block of North Montford Avenue. Nelson, 30, died from her injuries…