3 Defendants Found Not Competent to Stand Trial

By Mackenzie Wright [former] - April 25, 2022
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Three defendants were declared not competent to stand trial before the Baltimore City Circuit Court on April 20 with Judge Gale E. Rasin presiding. 

Murrell Hearns and Carl Crumbacker, are both facing attempted murder charges from 2021. 

Hearns is charged with attempted first and second-degree murder, first and second-degree assault, and use of a deadly weapon with the intent to injure in connection to an incident that occurred Dec. 12, 2021. 

He was found incompetent to stand trial and a danger to himself or others. He committed to the Department of Health while his wife and daughter were in attendance. 

Hearns was represented by defense attorney Phillip Levin. 

Hearns’ next hearing is scheduled for June 23. 

Crumbacker is charged with attempted first-degree murder, first and second-degree assault, and two counts of use of a deadly weapon with intent to injure in connection to an incident that occurred on Aug. 18, 2021.

Crumbacker was represented by defense attorney Amy Stone. 

Crumbacker’s next hearing is scheduled for  Oct. 26.

The third defendant, charged with homicide, was also found incompetent to stand trial, as well as a danger to himself and others. However, officials said his mental state could be restored.  

Terrance Peterson is charged with first-degree murder, armed robbery, conspiracy to armed robbery, use of a firearm during a violent crime, possession of firearm with a felony conviction, and having a handgun in a vehicle for a homicide that occurred Dec. 22, 2019, at Kim’s Deli in the Patterson Park neighborhood. 

Peterson was represented by defense attorney Deborah Levi. 

According to reports from CBS Baltimore, Peterson turned himself into police after allegedly shooting 36-year-old Carmen Rodriguez in the head in front of her children during a robbery. 

Peterson’s next hearing is scheduled for Oct. 26.