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By
Emily Carrillo
- January 30, 2025
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A homicide defendant’s attorney requested DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan prevent the prosecution from using surveillance evidence as well as details about a fight preceding the crime during the trial on Jan. 29.
Daquan Gray, 22, is charged with first-degree murder while armed, possession of a firearm during a crime of violence and carrying a pistol without a license outside of his home or business for his alleged involvement in the murder of 15-year-old Jaylyn Wheeler, on the 3000 block of Randall Place, SE, on May 16, 2018.
Dana Page, Gray’s attorney, filed a motion requesting the court to exclude irrelevant and prejudicial evidence related to an earlier fight at Ballou High School, radio transmission from MPD, and video surveillance footage, arguing that it has no connection to the shooting.
The prosecution asserted the relevance of the evidence, arguing that Gray is one of the two people caught running on surveillance footage are the same that an officer refers to on a radio transmission in which the pair appears to be fleeing.
The defense challenged the evidence and prosecution’s argument, including the alleged connection between the radio transmission and the video surveillance footage, arguing that the link between the two is speculative and irrelevant.
Page also stated that the fight has no connection to the shooting in question, lacks admissible supporting evidence that makes the case more or less probable.
Judge Ryan delayed providing a ruling until a later date.
Parties are slated to reconvene on Feb. 12.