Ranisha Wright, one of three people charged in connection with the death of Phil Trenary, will not undergo a mental evaluation her attorney told a Juvenile Court judge during a brief hearing Tuesday morning.

Wright’s attorney, Samuel Jones, had 10 days to decide if he would file a motion to request a mental evaluation for 16-year-old Wright. Jones told Special Judge Garland Erguden during the hearing that there would be no psychological evaluation for the teenager, but did not explain why he didn’t want a psych evaluation for now.

Before the hearing got underway, Jones requested that the court close the proceedings to the media, but the judge said the case has been reported on extensively by the media and denied his request.

Wright’s mother was in court Tuesday, but she declined to speak with The Daily Memphian, saying only that the media has already made up its mind about her daughter and the case.

Ranisha Wright and her cousin, 22-year-old McKinney Wright, and their friend, Quandarius Richardson, 18, were charged Sept. 29 with first-degree murder in the perpetration of attempted robbery and aggravated robbery in the slaying of Trenary, who was president and CEO of the Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce.

Trenary, 64, was walking alone in the 500 block of Front Street on Sept. 27 when he was approached by one of the suspects and shot in the back of the head, according to an arrest affidavit. The suspects fled in a stolen white pickup truck and were arrested two days later.

Prosecutors assigned to the case have requested that Ranisha Wright’s case be transferred to adult court. No decision was made on the transfer request during Tuesday’s hearing. Jones told the judge that he plans to meet with Shelby County homicide prosecutor Jennifer Nichols to discuss the case.

During Tuesday’s hearing, Josh Spickler, executive director of Just City, said he and others from his nonprofit criminal justice reform advocacy group were in court to provide support for Ranisha Wright and her mother.

“There is often a wall between the family and the court,” Spickler said. To help tear down this wall, Spickler said they are using an innovative approach being used in several cities across the country called “participatory defense” to make sure the family knows how court works and to help the family in their legal defense.

Ranisha Wright will be back in court Nov. 8.

Her co-defendants, McKinney Wright and Richardson, are slated to be in General Sessions Court at 201 Poplar Thursday. McKinney Wright and Richardson initially both had attorneys appointed by the court. Last week during a report hearing, their families hired private attorneys to represent them. McKinney Wright is being represented by Bill Massey and defense attorney Art Horne is representing Richardson.