DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz denied a Pretrial Services Agency (PSA) request for the revocation of release for a murder defendant on Oct. 3.
Jahi Settles, 24, is charged with first-degree murder while armed, second-degree murder while armed, felony murder while armed, attempted robbery and three counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence for his alleged involvement in the fatal shooting of Langston Sharps, 33, on July 3, 2023 on the 2800 block of Hartford Street, SE.
According to court records, Settles was released on GPS monitoring on Aug. 30, 2024.
PSA requested Settles be sent back to jail pending trial after he violated his release conditions by making an unauthorized stop at a grocery store after an authorized stop at a bank. Defense attorney Jason Tulley said Settles had to make a last-minute stop and did not have a phone to notify his PSA officer.
“I was just trying to feed my daughter,” Settles told Judge Kravitz.
The prosecution opposed PSA’s request for revocation of release. Kravitz denied the request, saying it would be a “disproportionate response” to his violation.
Parties also pushed the trial to September 2027 because of scheduling conflicts. The trial was originally scheduled for September 2026.
Parties are slated to reconvene on Feb. 27.
