DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan rescheduled the sentencing of two non-fatal shooting defendants after the prosecutor said she was unprepared to move forward on April 24.
On Dec. 12, 2025, Saki Frost, 19, and Azhari Graves, 20, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault while armed, assault with a dangerous weapon, and carrying a pistol without a license for shooting a high school student on the 1200 block of Kirby Street, NW on May 3, 2024.
The prosecutor told Judge Ryan that the sentencing was not on their calendar and they were only reminded of it when the defense sent sentencing information at 2:30 a. m. the previous morning.
She said she had not had time to review video or Youth Rehabilitation Act studies, which the defense provided, and would help the judge decide if the defendants should receive sentences under the required sentencing guidelines, and the possibility to seal their cases in the future. Judge Ryan said he had reviewed the material before leaving court the previous day.
“That unawareness, I don’t think is our fault,” Judge Ryan said.
The prosecutor asked to reschedule the sentencing to April 27, but Judge Ryan said he was unavailable due to a previously scheduled trial.
“It’s easy to ask for Monday, harder to give it,” Judge Ryan said.
Graves attorneys, Hannah Claudio and Erin Griffard, and Frost’s attorney, John Iwenoge, opposed the motion for a continuance.
Many people were in the courtroom to observe or speak during the sentencing. Judge Ryan apologized to them for the inconvenience and rescheduled the hearing.
Parties are scheduled to reconvene on June 18.
