Domestic Violence Defendant Sentenced for Near-Fatal Stabbing

By Andrea Keckley [former] - July 30, 2021
Court | Daily Stories | Domestic Violence | stabbing | Suspects | Victims |

A DC Superior Court judge sentenced a domestic violence defendant to serve about five-and-a-half years for assault with intent to kill while armed following a near-fatal stabbing.

“I get up, I’m standing in a pool of my own blood,” the victim recalled in an impact statement.

The defendant, 56-year-old Tony Mobley, stabbed her multiple times, including in the neck and head, she said. 

The stabbing took place in her apartment, where she still lives. The prosecution is trying to help her move out so she doesn’t have to keep living in the home where she nearly died.

“Everybody kept telling me to get away from him…I never thought he’d try to take my life,” she said.

Judge Milton Lee told Mobley he came very close to killing the victim, and that if he did, “you would be in prison for the rest of your natural life,” rather than the 66 months he ultimately received.

But the victim expressed dissatisfaction with the plea deal. “To give him five-and-a-half years…I don’t see justice in that,” she said.

Judge Lee said he had an obligation to honor the plea deal. The prosecutor said she took Mobley’s serious struggles with addiction into consideration when she extended him the plea offer, which also allowed his assault with a dangerous weapon charge to be dropped. 

Mobley told Judge Lee he has been receiving treatment for his drug addiction during his incarceration. Judge Lee encouraged him to use the resources available to help him live a peaceful life upon his release.

“The benefit to you, I think, is the journey you already started,” Judge Lee told him. “Because you will have an opportunity to return to the District of Columbia.”

Mobley was also ordered to stay away from the victim.