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By
Zakiyia Ortiz [former]
- November 8, 2022
Court
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Daily Stories
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Non-Fatal Shooting
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Shooting
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Suspects
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Victims
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On Nov. 8, a non-fatal shooting defendant decided to reject the prosecution’s final plea offer.
Emanuel Leyton Picon, 22, is charged with assault with the intent to kill for the non-fatal shooting of an individual in a restaurant on the 1400 block of Decatur Street, NW. According to court documents, Picon had gotten into an altercation with the victim before taking out his gun and shooting the victim in his upper-left chest.
Terms of the plea were for assault with a dangerous weapon and carrying a pistol without a license without giving a time range, but the plea would excuse all other offenses listed on Picon’s behalf.
DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun asked both the defense and prosecutors how they wanted to proceed with the case.
Defense attorney Thomas Healy requested to set a trial readiness hearing with the deadline pushed back for all filed motions.
The prosecutor was in agreement with setting a trial readiness hearing and pushing the deadlines back from Nov. 11 to Nov. 18 to have all motions filed. Responses are now due on Dec. 9 instead of Dec. 12.
The trial readiness hearing is scheduled for Dec. 19.