Before DC Superior Court Judge Carmen McLean on July 13, a stabbing defendant failed to appear for a felony status conference hearing.
Juvan Alston, 24, is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon for his alleged involvement in a stabbing that occurred at the DC Jail, on the 1900 block of D Street, SE on Nov. 23, 2023. One victim was injured.
US Marshals told Judge McLean that while Alston arrived at the courthouse on a transport bus, he refused to get off the bus and enter the courthouse.
Alston’s attorney, Stephen LoGerfo, stated that Alston rejected a prior global plea offer that would have resolved both the stabbing case and a case for a 2022 murder that Alston was indicted for before DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz.
The prosecution said they are planning on offering a new global plea offer and pursuing an indictment for the stabbing case.
Parties are scheduled to reconvene on Jan. 11 before Judge McLean.
