A DC Superior Court judge ordered April 17 weekly phone calls between an DC Jail inmate and his lawyer for updates on his health condition.
Kenneth Phillips is charged with robbery for stealing a backpack from a man on July 21, 2019.
Judge Anita Josey-Herring was told that Phillips is currently under quarantine and that Phillips’s defense attorney, Heather Pinckney, wanted Phillips to undergo mental observation after the COVID-19 quarantine.
Judge Josey-Herring granted the request and also mandated that Phillips call Pinckney weekly for updates on his health.
Phillips mental observation hearing is scheduled for April 24.
