DC Superior Court Judge Judith Pipe denied release for a stabbing defendant, despite defense concerns about her condition at the DC Jail in a hearing on March 30.
Thelma Speed, 32, is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon for her alleged involvement in a stabbing that occurred on the 200 block of 51st Street, NE on Jan. 6. The victim sustained lacerations to both hands and his left forearm.
Speed’s attorney, Darryl Daniels, asked Judge Pipe for a continuance because he sent the prosecution a counter plea offer for review. Daniels requested a mid-April date for the court to reconvene.
After a conversation under seal, Judge Pipe alerted parties that she denied Daniels’ request to release Speed, stating that the facts of the case, as well as Speed’s previous cases, were “concerning.”
Judge Pipe instructed Daniels to alert her chambers if there’s anything he’s concerned about regarding Speed’s incarceration in the DC Jail.
Parties are slated to reconvene on April 7.
