A bail hearing for a Baltimore manslaughter defendant was postponed on June 16 because the prosecutor was unavailable.
Taiwan Mitchell, 43, was charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, assault, two counts of possessing a pellet gun, involuntary manslaughter, and related charges in connection to the death of Roy Cantler III on Nov. 13, 2021.
Cantler, 36, was found lying on the 2200 block of Christian Street in a pool of blood, and died two days later from a BB pellet lodged in his brain. An unnamed female victim sustained non-fatal injuries, for which Mitchell incurred second-degree assault charges.
On June 16, the court postponed the bail hearing to Tuesday, June 23, due to the prosecutor being out of town. Mitchell’s case was the last on the bail docket to be heard by Judge Dana M. Middleton.
On May 10, 2024, Mitchell was sentenced to 10 years for involuntary manslaughter, five consecutive years for the second-degree assault of the female victim, and two concurrent one-year sentences for possessing a pellet gun.
The sentence was overturned in a March 31 unreported opinion earlier this year after the circuit court found Mitchell was illegally convicted of second-degree assault after a failure to merge certain convictions regarding his use of a pellet gun on his indictment sheet. The court also found that it made missteps in allowing Mitchell to discharge his attorney.
