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At the start of trial on Sept. 16, defense counsel Marci Johnson was adamant that it was not her client, James Jenkins III, who killed 31-year-old Phillip Wallace. Instead, Johnson accused another man, Aamir Benton, for Wallace’s murder, saying Benton shot the victim multiple times in a parked car in the parking lot of Pimlico Elementary School.
Jenkins currently stands trial for two counts of first-degree murder as well as four weapons charges in connection to the fatal shooting outside the elementary school on the 4800 block of Pimlico Road on June 30, 2022. The trial began Monday afternoon before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Cynthia H. Jones…