Co-Defendants Enter Guilty Plea In Homicide Case

By Zakiyia Ortiz [former] - October 7, 2022
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Suspects | Victims |

On Oct. 7, DC Superior Court Judge Milton Lee accepted tow co-defendants’s decisions to accept plea agreements from the prosecution in regard to a 2020 homicide case.

Stanley Brown, 29, is charged with first-degree murder while armed in connection to the fatal shooting of Jimmy Beynum on the 1600 block of F Street, NE, on Jan. 23, 2020. Beynum, 36, suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the body and succumbed to his injuries six days later. His co-defendant Emanuel Taylor, 38, is also charged with first-degree murder.

Brown entered a guilty plea to one count of voluntary manslaughter while armed. Both parties settled on a sentence of 12 years in prison.  The charge has a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison and a minimum sentence of 5 years. 

The prosecution presented probable cause, stating Brown was on GPS monitoring, which placed him in the area before and after the shot spotter alerts went off. 

Taylor entered a guilty plea agreement for one count of unlawful possession of a firearm. Both parties settled on a sentence between 3-5 years. The charge has a maximum sentence of 13 years and a minimum sentence of 3 years of supervised release.

The prosecution took Taylor’s pending criminal misdemeanor into account and offered to drop the matter as part of the terms of the plea agreement.

The next hearing is scheduled for Jan. 6.