Hearing Continues So Defense Can Consider Plea

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On Aug. 5, DC Superior Court Judge John Campbell continued a defendant’s felony status conference hearing to Sept. 2.

Tayvon Miles was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm with a prior conviction after Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers retrieved a firearm from his person on June 12 on the 2200 block of Payne Terrace, SE. 

The prosecution said they recently extended a plea offer to the defendant. Clarence Powell, Miles’ attorney, said he will be able to discuss the deal with his client and report back to the judge at the next hearing date. 

Miles, 23, criminal history includes a guilty plea for carrying a pistol without a license in 2016.