A fatal stabbing defendant rejected a plea deal before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt during a hearing on July 17.
Ronald Levi, 51, is charged with first-degree premeditated murder while armed and carrying a dangerous weapon outside a home or a business for his alleged involvement in the fatal stabbing of 60-year-old Gary Day on June 18, 2024 on the 5200 block of Foote Street, NE. Day sustained 14 stab wounds to the torso, back, arm, and neck.
The plea deal would have required Levi to plead guilty to second-degree murder while armed with a sentencing range of 16-to-22 years in prison, subject to Judge Brandt’s approval at sentencing. In exchange, prosecutors would have agreed to dismiss all greater or remaining charges.
Levi also waived his right to additional testing of forensic evidence as permitted under the Innocence Protection Act (IPA). According to prosecutors, the evidence includes a lighter and old clothes that prosecutors believe Levi wore the day of the homicide.
Parties are scheduled to reconvene on Nov. 6 for a trial readiness hearing.
