Defendant to Serve 23 Months for Stabbing Victim Four Times

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DC Superior Court Judge Judith Pipe sentenced Jeremiah Hall to 23 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on Jan. 31 for stabbing a victim in the back twice, then following him to a bus stop and stabbing him two more times.

Hall, 38, was originally charged with assault with a dangerous weapon for his involvement in a non-fatal stabbing on Oct. 6, 2024, on the 1500 block of Benning Road, NE.

On Nov. 14, 2024, Hall accepted a plea offer including this case and a domestic violence misdemeanor for slashing a vehicle’s tires.

In the stabbing case, Hall pleaded guilty to attempted assault with a dangerous weapon, for which the maximum sentence is five years in prison and a fine of $12,500. In the domestic violence case, he pleaded guilty to destruction of property, for which the maximum sentence is 180 days in prison and a fine of $1,000.

In exchange, the prosecution agreed not to request a sentence beyond the midpoint of the guidelines in the stabbing case and to dismiss all other charges arising from that case. The prosecution also agreed not to ask for a sentence of more than 90 days in prison, suspended, with one year of probation, for the domestic violence case.

Jesse Winograd, Hall’s attorney, asked Judge Pipe to suspend Hall’s prison sentences in both cases and assign him probation at the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency’s (CSOSA) Re-Entry and Sanctions Center (RSC), a residential facility.

“I’ve actually known Mr. Hall for quite some time,” Winograd said, explaining that he represented Hall in 2019. “When he takes advantage of services provided, he is a very, very different person than when he is addicted to heroin.”

The prosecutor said the stabbing merited prison time because Hall violently attacked someone who was seated and not engaging with him, then pursued the victim to a second location to continue wounding him.

“These injuries did require hospitalization,” the prosecutor said. “When I spoke to [the victim] last, he was not in good shape.”

“[Hall] was living on the street, making money clipping hair, and this person took his clippers,” Winograd said.

“I apologize to the victim for what I done,” Hall told the court. “I just handled it the wrong way.”

Judge Pipe rejected the request to put Hall on probation, saying she didn’t believe he would comply, since he hasn’t in the past.

According to court documents, there was an active warrant for Hall’s arrest for probation violation when he was detained for the stabbing.

“CSOSA, on release, will offer him services, and if he wants to take advantage of them, he can,” Judge Pipe said. She agreed to offer Hall transitional housing and drug and alcohol treatment when he gets out of prison, but said CSOSA would offer these services even if she didn’t ask.

Judge Pipe also gave Hall a concurrent 30-day sentence for the destruction of property charge. She required him to pay a total of $150 to the Victims of Violent Crimes fund for his two offenses.

No further hearings are scheduled in this case.