Judge Continues Case to Hear Witness Testimony

By D.C. Witness Staff - October 29, 2019
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A DC Superior Court judge decided to continue a murder case for further witness testimony.

Sean Baker, 40, was charged with second-degree murder while armed for allegedly stabbing 35-year-old Robert Wiggins.. Baker was initially charged with assault with intent to kill, but the charges were upgraded after Wiggins died from his injuries on Jan. 31.

Baker said she stabbed Wiggins in self defense.

According to court documents, Baker, who was released while she waits for trial, allegedly stabbed Robert Wiggins in the heart during a fight in their apartment last year. 

Judge Todd E. Edelman denied the defense’s motion to dismiss blood and urine samples because the agencies that collected the evidence were not biased towards the prosecution, as the defense claims.

The defense also motioned to suppress a witness’s testimony and phone record that would incriminate the defendant.

Phone records show Baker making threats after heated arguments with the victim. Another witness said Baker was chasing Wiggins with a knife the day before the alleged stabbing.

However, Judge Edelman says he will wait to make a ruling on the matter. He said he wants to hear the witness’s testimony in court. 

The defense claims it is all hearsay and that there is no evidence to corroborate that the defendant chased anyone with a knife.

Witness testimony and the continued motions hearing are scheduled to be addressed on Oct. 29.

A jury trial is scheduled on Nov. 4.