During a status hearing on Feb.19, a DC Superior Court judge set a trial date for a murder defendant.
Tyree Irving, 22, is charged with first-degree murder while armed for allegedly shooting 22-year-old Davane Williams on Jan.15 on the 1200 block of North Capitol Street, NW.
Irving’s defense attorney, John Fowler, said that the prosecutor was in the process of pulling together grand jury transcripts. He said he asked the prosecutor to turn the transcripts over soon. Fowler also said the prosecutor sent him a list of evidence in the case in December, but he has not been able to finish researching the evidence.
The prosecutor let the judge know that there was a previous plea offer, but it was rejected by the defendant. He also said he conducted DNA testing and would probably utilize it in trial.
D.C Supreme Court Judge Anita Josey-Herring set a status hearing date for May 29 to see how both cases would like to proceed.
A trial date is set to occur on March 1, 2021.
This article was written by Naysha Carrasquillo.
