Defense Motions to Suppress Suspect’s Statement to Police

By D.C. Witness Staff - May 21, 2018
Court | Homicides | Suspects |

A District of Columbia Superior Court judge is considering the defense’s motion to have a murder defendant’s statement suppressed because he was under the influence of morphine when he spoke to officers at the Metropolitan Police Department.

Glover’s defense attorney argued that his state of mind during the interview made his statement about the homicide involuntary. According to the prosecution’s documents, Willie Glover was “fading in and out” near the end of his initial interview with police.

Judge Craig Iscoe said he would need to hear from other witnesses, who could testify to how Glover, 40, appeared, when he made the statement.

Glover, Joseph Barbour, 38, and Charles McRae,66, allegedly stabbed Lenard Wills on Dec. 21, 2015. The men are charged with first-degree murder while armed.

A witness said the three men entered an apartment on the 700 block of 24th street, NE wearing masks and brandishing guns. The witness also said the men had a physical altercation with Wills.

Wills, 50, was discovered at the apartment by police and later died at the hospital. After finding Wills, police followed a bloody trail to a knife in a trash can, according to court documents.

Glover, who suffered from stab wounds after the altercation, initially told medical staff at Prince George’s County hospital that he had been robbed.

But, during his interview with police, Glover eventually admitted he had been stabbed in the apartment where Wills was killed. Witnesses have not given consistent statements on whether drugs were sold out of the apartment.

The trial is scheduled to begin on June 11.

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