Defendant released to halfway house after half a decade in prison

By D.C. Witness Staff - January 12, 2018
Court | Homicides | Suspects |

A man arrested for allegedly shooting Antwain Henderson to death in 2011 was released to a halfway house after being held with no bond for more than five years.

Anthony Campbell was arrested July 13, 2012, and charged with first-degree murder while armed in connection with Henderson’s death.

The defense asked Judge Lee Milton to dismiss the case after a Brady violation was discovered. Brady violations occur when a prosecutor does not disclose information to the defense that is critical to the defendant’s case.

According to police documents, a witness testified that Henderson said he was going to kill Campbell. A witness said that Henderson had recently returned home from prison and threatened to kill the defendant because he was a government witness in the homicide case that led to Henderson’s initial incarceration.

However, the defense was not provided the information regarding Henderson’s threat to kill Campbell during initial discovery. Had that information been disclosed to the defense, they would have been able to get a statement from the witness and prepare an argument for self-defense.

In addition, the statement about the threat was not included in the grand jury transcript.

Now, after more than half a decade of incarceration, the defense requests for dismissal of the 2012 case. The witness that provided information to the police regarding the death threat against Campbell is now taking medication that affects their memory, according to Glover’s defense attorney Brandi Harden.

In response, the government said there was no good explanation for not disclosing that information to the defense, and wanted to provide any assistance in locating witnesses.

The defense requested Judge Lee Milton either dismiss the case or order Detective Anthony Greene, who authored the affidavit, to show up in court and answer questions about the police report.

Henderson and Campbell had an argument leading up to the homicide, according to the affidavit. Campbell shot Henderson in the head and got help from two others to bring Henderson inside. They cleaned up any traces of blood and placed Henderson inside trash bags to put him in the trunk of his own vehicle. At 4:40 a.m. on Aug. 31, 2011, officers responded to a call for a vehicle fire in Maryland. Once the vehicle was extinguished, Henderson was found dead inside the vehicle.

The Metropolitan Police Department conducted an investigation after it was determined the homicide was believed to have happened in DC.

Henderson was believed to have been shot and killed on the 5800 block of Field Place, NE earlier that night.

The two other individuals in this case, Jermaine Livingston and Phillip Glover, are co-defendants in the case. Livingston was initially charged with second-degree murder but has since been released to a halfway house, while Glover was initially charged with obstruction of justice and is being monitored by pretrial services.

A status hearing is scheduled for May 18.