Judge Postpones Sentencing Until Defendant Can Be in Court

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A sentencing hearing on Nov. 15 had to be postponed because the defendant was being held outside DC’s jurisdiction.

Traveous Lamont Brown pleaded guilty to second-degree murder while armed in June 2018 for his role in the fatal shooting of Adam Edwin Barker in 2016 on the 2000 block of Langston Place, SE. Paul Swann has also been charged in this murder, and was sentenced to 17 years in prison for second-degree murder in June.

Though Brown was scheduled to be sentenced today, but he was not present in court because he is being held outside of DC for another matter.

It was not stated where he was being held or why, but court documents show that federal officials are holding him on an unrelated and unspecified matter.

Brown’s sentencing was rescheduled for Jan. 3, 2020.