DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun accepted a homicide defendant’s guilty plea, waiving the trial.
Gregory Johnson, 31, is charged with one count of second-degree murder while armed and one count of carrying a pistol without a license in connection to the death of 32-year-old Passion Pleasant.
On Feb. 5, officers of the Metropolitan Police Department found Pleasant unconscious on the side of Southbound 295 near East Capitol Street. Pleasant suffered multiple gunshots and stab wounds following an altercation with Johnson, according to court documents.
Johnson’s plea deal encompasses three separate cases, including Pleasant’s homicide, a domestic violence case, and a misdemeanor.
In the domestic violence case, Johnson is accused of pointing a gun at his former lover in front of his young child.
According to court documents, Johnson’s misdemeanor is related to a physical altercation, in which Johnson attempted to hit his girlfriend’s former lover with a baton.
As part of the plea deal, prosecution is waiving step back and enhancements, will not seek charges on indictment, and is waiving charges associated with the misdemeanor. Prosecutors asked Judge Okun to impose a 162 to 264-month sentence.
“The defendant’s actions were voluntary and on purpose,” the prosecution said.
Johnson was reportedly in a relationship with Pleasant, who was a mother of six children, according to news reports.
Judge Okun conditionally accepted Johnson’s guilty plea, and will fully accept the plea upon further review of the plea-sentencing report.
Johnson is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 7.
