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By
D.C. Witness Staff
- February 1, 2018
Court
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Homicides
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Suspects
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The defense team for one of the men charged in an alleged fatal shooting of a 37-year-old has received access to encrypted evidence.
Access was gained after Pamala McLean, the defense attorney for Nyekemia Everett, filed a motion Jan. 29 to compel discovery items obtained by the government in the murder case of Christopher Heard, who died from apparent gunshot wounds on the 2300 block of Ainger Place, SE on April 27, 2017.
McLean filed the motion because she was unable to view the government’s files because they were on disks that the defense team couldn’t open.
Judge Danya Dayson denied the motion and dismissed both attorneys to briefly discuss how to share the items in question.
When the court session resumed, Barker offered to share the files on a jump drive or hard drive and additionally invited McLean to his office for viewing.
Barker revealed that the government had collected approximately 50 disks of recorded interviews, social media posts, and surveillance videos pertaining to the alleged murder of Heard.
Everett, 31, was charged with first-degree murder while armed on May 13, 2017. Malik Hewitt, 37, was also arrested and charged with first-degree murder a week later.
A status hearing for Heard has been scheduled for March 8.