Defense Requests Global Plea for Defendant Connected to a Homicide

By Jaclyn Sersland [former] - July 5, 2023
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On July 5, defense attorneys for a homicide defendant requested a global plea to encompass two cases pending against the same person.

Idrissa Fall, 36, is charged with first degree murder while armed, a bias-related crime, possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, and unlawful possession of a firearm with a prior conviction in connection to the murder of 29-year-old Dara Northern on July 18, 2021 on the 6100 block of 4th Street, NW.

According to court documents, Fall became jealous when Northern, his girlfriend, told him that she was gay.

Fall is also charged with attempted unlawful possession of contraband in a penal institution for allegedly hiding a homemade weapon under the track door of his DC Jail cell on Sept. 12, 2022. 

Defense attorney Kevin Mosley requested a global plea that would lead to the disposition of both cases. 

The trial date for the murder case is set for May 6, 2024, but both parties will reconvene in September to allow parties time to make a decision about global pleas. 

The next hearing is set for Sept. 22.