Damon L. Clark’s attorney, Quo Mieko Judkins, asked DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe on May 31 for more time to consider a pre-indictment plea deal offered by the prosecution.
Clark, 27, is charged with second-degree murder while armed for allegedly shooting and killing 46-year-old Jimmy Thomas, Jr., the 1200 block of Mount Olivet Road, NE during a verbal altercation on March 8.
The plea deal would require Clark to plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter while armed, which would carry a sentence of seven-and-a-half-to-15 years’ incarceration. In exchange, the prosecutor would not seek indictment on any greater charges stemming from the facts of the case.
Parties are slated to meet again on July 23.
