A fatal stabbing defendant accepted a plea deal before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt in a hearing on Feb. 24.
Kevin Johnson, 40, was originally charged with first-degree premeditated murder while armed, felony murder while armed, and robbery while armed for his involvement in the fatal stabbing of Antonio Woody, 44, on the 1700 block of Lincoln Road, NE, on Oct. 6, 2024.
At the hearing, Johnson entered into a plea agreement from prosecutors that required him to plead guilty to second-degree murder while armed. In exchange, prosecutors agreed to dismiss any greater and remaining charges against Johnson.
As part of the plea agreement, parties, including Johnson’s attorney, Elizabeth Weller, settled on a range of 18-to-23 years of imprisonment, subject to Judge Brandt’s approval at sentencing.
Prosecutors said if the case had proceeded to trial they would have proven beyond a reasonable doubt that around midnight that night, Johnson and Woody were captured on video footage with a few other individuals on the sidewalk of the address where they both lived. Johnson approached Woody, who was paraplegic and wheelchair bound, struck him, and knocked him out of his wheelchair.
The prosecutors continued that once on the ground, Woody attempted to crawl away from Johnson, when Johnson struck him again four more times, causing stab wounds to the right arm, lip, mouth, left hand, and left lower back. Woody was transported to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
Parties are set to meet for sentencing on June 12.
