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By
D.C. Witness Staff
- November 19, 2018
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On Nov. 16, a judge sentenced a convicted murderer to 25 years in prison and 5 years of supervised release.
Kevin Smith pleaded guilty in August to second-degree murder while armed for shooting Valerie Coleman on Dec. 2, 2017, on the 1700 block of 16th Street, SE.
DC Superior Court Judge Juliet McKenna said she sentenced Smith to 25 years because of the cold and deliberate nature of the murder.
According to court documents, Smith, 47, apparently killed Coleman, 55, because he believed his girlfriend, who was Coleman’s youngest daughter, was cheating on him.
“I don’t have a mom no more,” Coleman’s oldest daughter told the judge during her impact statement. The youngest daughter did not go to the sentencing.
Review earlier articles of the case on D.C. Witnes.org.