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By
D.C. Witness Staff
- July 28, 2020
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A DC Superior Court judge resentenced a defendant to 18 months of supervised release for a crime from 2012.
Emmanuel West pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance and carrying a pistol without a license outside home or business for an incident that occurred in 2012 when he was a minor. After his release, West was convicted of a crime in Virginia on Dec. 11, 2015. and was incarcerated for five years. On March 4, West was held at DC Jail due to multiple bench warrants for his 2012 crime.
On July 28, Judge Danya Dayson resentenced West to 18 months, all of which were suspended, for carrying a pistol without a license outside home or business. She also sentenced him to time served for the controlled substance charge.
The conditions of West’s probation include registering as a gun offender and not possessing a firearm. His probation in DC will run concurrently with his ongoing probation in Virginia.
“I’m ready to come home,” said West. “I know what my mistakes are and I am trying to go back to the community and be a better man.”
West has no further hearings scheduled at this time.