Defense counsel, in a homicide case, rejected a plea offer from the prosecution and asked the judge to set a trial date.
Tavon Davis is charged with second-degree murder for allegedly assaulting Michael Vest on the 1300 block of Trinidad Avenue, NE in 2017. According to court documents, officers found Vest, 29, unresponsive and suffering from blunt force trauma. One witness said Vest and Davis, 22, got into a verbal argument earlier in the week.
During an arraignment on June 29, counsel agreed to schedule the trial date for May 13, 2019. According to the prosecution, they plan to have six or seven witness. The defense said they plan to have at most one witness.
Davis is scheduled for a status hearing on Sept. 5.
