During a hearing on June 12, DC Superior Court Judge Ronna L. Beck accepted a defendant’s guilty plea for a 2017 homicide.
Gregory Williams pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter while armed for stabbing 46-year-old Andrew Alphonso Cook, III on the 1700 block of North Capitol Street, NE.
Under the agreement, Williams could face an 11-year prison term. Agreements offer is less than offense’s sentencing maximum of 30 years, according to the District of Columbia’s Mandatory Sentencing Guidelines.
According to the plea deal, all other charges, including robbery while armed and assault with intent to commit robbery while armed would be dropped.
Williams is scheduled for sentencing on Aug. 23.
