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By
D.C. Witness Staff
- January 13, 2018
Court
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Homicides
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Suspects
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Two co-defendants who plead not guilty to a 2016 homicide will not go to trial until 2019.
Marquette Tibbs and Cinquan Cartledge were both charged with second-degree murder while armed and pleaded not guilty to allegedly murdering Orlando Donald Silver in 2016.
The government said that discovery is ongoing and will continue. However, due to scheduling conflicts, Judge Judith Bartnoff set a trial date for February of 2019, hoping to be able to move the trial date up if possible.
Police charged Tibbs and Cartledge after GPS ankle bracelets on both men from previous crimes placed them within feet of a shooting that left Silver dead. Tibbs was arrested in November 2016, and Cartledge was arrested in May 2017.
On Nov. 27 at around 4 p.m., officers arrived on the 1300 block of Howard Rd., SE and found Silver with an apparent gunshot wound in the stomach. He was taken to the hospital where he later died from his injuries.
Both defendants are being held with no bond and are expected back in court on March 23 for a status hearing.