Defendant Pleads Not Guilty to Unlawful Possession of a Firearm

By Vivien Williams - June 28, 2024
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DC Superior Court Judge Erik Christian released a shooting defendant to home confinement and GPS tracking on June 27 after he pleaded not guilty.

Deion Hinnant, 29, is charged with unlawful possession of a firearm after allegedly running from police while armed with a firearm on 2100 block of Bladensburg Road, NE Washington DC.

The prosecution motioned for a continuance, saying, “DNA results heavily encapsulate the defendant for possession of firearm on day of crime.”

Furthermore, prosecutors say drug testing results show a drug was found in Hinmant’s system, which may have affected his behavior at the time of the incident. As a result, the prosecution wants to bring in a chemist as an expert witness.

Hinnant’s defense attorney Theodore Shaw, said the prosecution is not properly disclosing evidence from the tests and he requested “information he is entitled to under Brady”–meaning the defense is entitled to see potentially exculpatory information held by the prosecution.

For this reason he asked to dismiss the defendant’s drug-related counts.

Hinnant was arraigned and entered a plea of not guilty.

Parties are set to reconvene July 12.