Tyra Phillips Womack Archives - Baltimore Witness

Judge Finds Defendant Incompetent Despite Contrary Findings

Details Despite a July psychological evaluation that found him competent to stand trial, a 60-year-old homicide defendant was once more ruled incompetent in mental health court on July 31. Richard Sylvester... Read More

Report Finds Homicide Defendant Competent, Hearing Postponed

Details A psychological evaluation found a 60-year-old man accused of murdering a radio host competent to stand trial, but an official ruling in mental health court on July 17 was delayed... Read More

Judge Says Man Accused of 2020 Murder Incompetent to Stand Trial

Details On Jan. 17, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin found a 59-year-old homicide defendant incompetent again despite his own belief he is competent. Richard Sylvester Green is charged... Read More

Hearing Postponed as Defendant’s Doctor Requests Meeting

Details On Dec. 6, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin postponed the hearing of 59-year-old homicide defendant Richard Sylvester Green in mental health court. Green is charged with first-degree... Read More

Man Charged with Radio Host’s Murder to Have Competency Reassessed in November

Details A 58-year-old Baltimore man remains incompetent to stand trial for the murder of radio host Tyra Phillips Womack in June 2020. During a brief six-month status conference in mental health... Read More

Murder Defendant Asks for Day in Court, Calling Competency Review a Form of ‘Slavery’

Details A Baltimore man was again found incompetent to stand trial in connection with the murder of a gospel radio station host in 2020. In October of 2021, defendant Richard Green was found... Read More

Hearing for Homicide Defendant Kept Private from Public

Details A court hearing for a Baltimore man charged with the fatal shooting of a gospel singer was kept private from the public at Baltimore City Circuit Court on Oct. 6.... Read More

Gospel Singer’s Alleged Killer Granted Mental Health Evaluation

Details A Baltimore man charged with the fatal shooting of a gospel singer was granted a mental health competency evaluation on Sept. 29 at Baltimore City Circuit Court. Richard Sylvester Green,... Read More