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- January 22, 2020
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During a felony status conference Jan. 17, a motion was granted to reject a defense subpoena for the surveillance footage to not be used.
Melvin Simmons, is charged with first-degree murder while armed with a firearm. He allegedly shot 28-year-old Ronald Brown on the 1700 block of Trenton Place, SE on Aug. 22, 2019.
The defense submitted a subpoena to obtain all the camera footage, prior to the hearing. Even though edited portions were disclosed initially, the defense requested access to the full footage for their case.
DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz accepted the request to stop the subpoena in light of protecting the identities of the witnesses portrayed on the camera footage.
Simmons defense attorney, Ieshaah Murphy, opposed the protective order from the prosecution.
The prosecution told the judge an indictment would be secured, The prosecutor said the full nine-month period to get the indictment would be utilized.
A status hearing is scheduled to occur on Feb. 28.
This article was written by Corrine Simon
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