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D.C. Witness Staff
- December 13, 2018
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A sentencing date is now pending for a man convicted of murder. The delay was spurred by a change in counsel.
In October, a jury convicted Babajide Pittman of first-degree murder while armed, assault with intent to kill while armed and related gun charges for shooting 27-year-old Anthony Young on the 600 block of L Street, SE in 2016.
D.C. Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson approved Dec. 13 motions to replace Pittman’s current defense attorneys, Lauren Johnson and Anthony Matthews, with Michael Madden. The order comes a little more than two months after Pittman’s conviction.
Because of the change, Judge Dayson said it was not appropriate to set a new sentencing date. Pittman, 33, was originally scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 13, but the hearing was vacated because of a motion for new counsel that was filed a week before.
Judge Dayson said the defendant needed time to speak with his new lawyer.
A status hearing was scheduled on Jan. 4, 2019.
Read more about the case on D.C. Witness.