Judge Ronald Silkworth Archives

Shooting Defendant Sentenced to 15 Years

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Ronald A. Silkworth sentenced Darryl Toomer to 15 years in prison and five years of probation for a brutal shooting in a hearing on April... Read More

Man Charged with Shooting at Mondawmin Mall Receives August Trial Date

By LaTrina Antoine - May 13, 2024
Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting |

Details A non-fatal shooting defendant was scheduled for a trial date later in the summer after rejecting a plea deal for 45 years in prison during a May 13 hearing. Darrien... Read More

Nepali Refugee Accepts Plea, Time Served in 2022 Canton Non-Fatal Shooting

Details On July 13, a defendant charged in an assault case accepted a guilty plea in connection to a 2022 dispute and non-fatal shooting outside of Good Vibes restaurant in Canton.... Read More

Poor Police Investigation Behind Defendant’s 2017 E. Pratt Street Murder Charges, Defense Argues

Details Five and a half years after the murder of 31-year-old volunteer firefighter Jon Hickey, his accused killer, homicide defendant Daniel Greene, began his jury trial before Baltimore City Circuit Court... Read More

Homicide Defendant Is ‘Definition of Repeat Violent Offender,’ Prosecutor Says at Sentencing

Details Convicted homicide defendant Craig Carter was sentenced to life plus five years on June 2 for the murder of 40-year-old Ronald White outside Westside Pharmacy in May 2021. A jury... Read More

Defense Attorney’s Medical Leave Delays Two Separate Trials

Details A homicide case and an unrelated attempted murder case were postponed on May 30 as the defense attorney trying both cases is out on medical leave. According to the prosecution... Read More

Judge Postpones Convicted Murder Defendant’s Hearing in 2021 Shooting Homicide Case

Details On May 8, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Ronald Silkworth administratively postponed a convicted murder defendant’s hearing because they were not transported to court. Defense attorney David Walsh-Little reported that... Read More

Man Accused of Shooting at His Brothers to Serve Remainder of Sentence on Home Detention

Details A 32-year-old Baltimore man accused of firing a shotgun at his brothers in 2018 will serve the remaining two years of his five-year sentence on home detention. On April 17,... Read More

Judge Adds Special Instructions to 2021 Murder Defendant’s Plea

Details “The agent is to confirm you have this at every visit.” Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Ronald A. Silkworth told a convicted murderer he was required to carry a photo... Read More

Water Bottle With Defendant’s DNA Links Him to Murder Outside Westside Pharmacy, Prosecutor Says

Details A Baltimore City prosecutor argued that a key piece of evidence linking Craig Carter to the murder of Ronald White was a water bottle found at the scene and previously seen in... Read More

Accused Shooter Begins Trial for Murder Outside Westside Pharmacy

Details When gunshots rang out in the streets outside Baltimore City’s Westside Pharmacy in May 2021, a crowd of people ran from the scene while those who knew Ronald White rushed... Read More

Judge Finds Man Guilty of Armed Robbery Following Fatal Shooting on Random Road in 2021

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge found homicide defendant Dorrell Jackson guilty in the murder of 21-year-old Amir Whyee, despite defense counsel’s arguments of imperfect self-defense. Jackson was found guilty of first-degree... Read More

38-Year-Old Man Found Guilty of ‘Executing’ Victim on Cliftview Avenue

Details “No, no, no, no, no!” The voice of 35-year-old Anthony Cain Jr. rang out from a television in a small Baltimore City Circuit courtroom on Jan. 27 as the prosecution... Read More

Prosecutor Describes Homicide Victim Begging for His Life Before Shooting in Summer 2021

Details Homicide victim Anthony Cain Jr. was shown no mercy as he begged for his life on July 8, 2021. An assistant state’s attorney with the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office... Read More

Judge Amends Attempted Murder Defendant’s Sentence in Post-Conviction Hearing

Details On Dec. 19, 42-year-old convicted attempted murder defendant Jamar Jackson appeared before Judge Ronald Silkworth of the Baltimore City Circuit Court for a sentencing modification hearing. The prosecutor told the court that... Read More

Defendant Charged with Reckless Endangerment in Domestic Violence Incident Receives Time-Served and Probation

Details On Dec. 19, a defendant charged with five counts of reckless endangerment and one count of discharging a firearm was offered 18 months probation by the state. The prosecutor also... Read More

Attempted Homicide Trial Pushed to February 2023

Details The jury trial for attempted homicide defendant Matthew Lipscomb was postponed until February 2023. On Dec. 19, Lipscomb and his defense counsel, Natalie Finegar, briefly appeared before Baltimore City Circuit... Read More