Defense Attorney Dismissed in Homicide Case

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During a Nov. 29 hearing, defense attorney Sweta Patel was dismissed from a murder defendant’s case due to the defendant requesting a new one. The defendant is now being represented by attorneys Anthony Matthews and Molly Bunke.

Dominique Brown-Young, 20, is charged with first-degree murder while armed in connection to the fatal shooting of 30-year-old Deshaun Cupid on the 700 block of 18th Street, NE. On March 10, Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) detectives located Cupid in the driver’s seat of her Gray Infiniti sedan. Her two-year-old and one-year-old children were unharmed in their car seats. Cupid was later pronounced dead that evening.

DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo granted a joint request from counsel for continuance pending a Grand Jury.

The next hearing is scheduled for Jan. 6, 2023.

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