A man accused of murder was released from a halfway house on April 24.
Leonard Smith is charged with second-degree murder for allegedly stabbing Leonte Butler, 26, on the 4000 Block of South Capitol Street, SE in 2017. Smith’s was declared a mistrial on Dec. 3, 2019.
On April 23, Judge Danya Dayson delayed Smith’s hearing until parties could agree on release conditions. The conditions they agreed to were not disclosed however, Smith was released from a halfway house in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Smith is scheduled for a trial readiness hearing on June 12.
