A defendant convicted of the 2022 murder of Tyrone Walker was expected to return to Baltimore City Circuit Court for a bail review that was postponed on July 21 following defense counsel’s successful appeal reported in earlier this year.
Dana Davenport’s bail hearing was postponed because the jail where he is being held did not call into the proceeding. The 32-year-old defendant is expected to return to court for bail on either July 22 or July 24, depending on counsels’ schedules.
Presiding Judge Dana M. Middleton informed the prosecutor and defense attorney William Porter that Davenport’s rescheduled bail hearing will begin at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday or 8:30 a.m. on Friday.
Davenport is accused of fatally shooting Walker, 37, in the head and chest on the 200 block of S. Loudon Ave. on June 5, 2022. He was convicted of first-degree murder, using a firearm in commission of a crime of violence, having a handgun in a vehicle and on his person as well as two counts of illegal possession of a regulated firearm in January 2024 and sentenced to life plus 25 years that spring.
The defendant is currently scheduled to face the same charges at trial on Sept. 10 before Judge Cynthia H. Jones.
According to the Appellate Court of Maryland’s unreported opinion from January 2026, the decision to remand these charges came after defense counsel questioned the lead detective on Davenport’s trustworthiness during his interrogation.
The unreported opinion states the appeals court found the lead detective did not answer trial defense counsel Marci Johnson’s question about whether Davenport was “evasive or forthcoming in his responses” during his interrogation. Instead, the detective testified to his own belief on the defendant’s honesty.
“The trial court erred in not sustaining counsel’s objection to the detective’s answer and taking corrective action,” the opinion states. “The court committed clear error in not sustaining defense counsel’s objection to the detective’s stated opinion as to appellant’s truthfulness.”
