Judge Continues Motion Hearing in Murder Case for Fourth Day

By D.C. Witness Staff - October 31, 2019
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A DC Superior Court judge decided Oct. 30 to continue a motion hearing again for further witness testimony. The hearing began on Oct. 28. 

Sean Baker, 40, was charged with second-degree murder while armed in the Jan. 31 stabbing death of 35-year-old Robert Wiggins on the 300 block of 37th St., Southeast. Baker was initially charged with assault with intent to kill,

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, when they collected the samples.

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. According to another witness, Baker was chasing Wiggins with a knife the day before the alleged stabbing.

However, Judge Edelman says he would wait to rule on the motion to suppress  until he hears the witness’s testimony in court. 

The defense said the witness’s statement is hearsay and that there is no evidence to corroborate that the defendant chased anyone with a knife.

The witness’s testimony and further motions are scheduled to be addressed on Nov. 1.

According to court documents, Baker said she stabbed Wiggins in self defense. Baker, who has been released from jail while awaiting trial, allegedly stabbed Robert Wiggins in the heart during a fight in their apartment last year. 

A jury trial is scheduled on Nov. 4.