Hearing raises security concerns in courtroom

Published August 4, 2007 4:00am ET



The Washington County state prison inmate at Roxbury Correctional Institution who allegedly murdered a corrections officer in a January 2006 escape attempt has created grave security concerns for the Howard County Circuit Court where he will be tried.

“We need something that sufficiently restrains Mr. [Brandon] Morris … and hopefully provides him with the fairest trial under the circumstances,” said Howard Circuit Court Judge Dennis Sweeney at a criminal motions hearing Friday.

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