Judge Postpones Hearing for 3rd Time

By D.C. Witness Staff - June 4, 2019
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects |

On June 4, a judge delayed a hearing  that would determine whether the prosecution has enough evidence to bring a murder defendant to trial.

Keith Johnson, 26, is charged with second-degree murder while armed for allegedly stabbing 49-year-old Edwin Richardson. The stabbing occurred on April 5 on the 2900 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, SE.

DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson rescheduled Johnson’s preliminary hearing from June 4 to June 26. This is the third time the hearing has been rescheduled.

Johnson’s defense attorney, Dominique Winters, said that she and the prosecution were still in the process of plea negotiations, and she had just made the prosecution a counter-offer.

According to court documents, officers from the Metropolitan Police Department found Richardson unconscious and suffering from a stab wound. Johnson was arrested as a suspect on April 24.