Homicide Defendant Requests Dismissal of Case, Cites Evidence Violations

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A homicide defendant’s attorney filed a motion to dismiss his client’s case, citing the prosecution’s failure to disclose evidence that could be favorable to the defendant in a June 20 hearing before DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan.

Antonio Jackson, 38, is charged with first-degree murder while armed and carrying a dangerous weapon outside a home or place of business, for his alleged involvement in the fatal stabbing of Maria Evans, 59, on the 500 block of Oakwood Street, SE on March 29, 2018.

According to court documents, the stabbing was not covered on camera. However, there was other surveillance footage of the alleged suspect and the victim in an alleyway.

The defense, through a PowerPoint presentation, argued that the procedural history of the case involved five evidence violations, in which the prosecution did not share information in a timely manner, inhibiting the defense from being able to investigate certain witnesses and GPS evidence in relative proximity to the date of the incident.

Judge Raffinan instructed both parties to continue these arguments at the next hearing on July 10.