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By
D.C. Witness Staff
- August 27, 2020
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A DC Superior Court judge scheduled a preliminary hearing to determine if a murder case has enough evidence to go to trial.
David Robinson is charged with second-degree murder while armed in the death of Tia Cokley. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers found Cokley, 40, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds on July 25 on the 1900 block of 16th Street, SE. She was pronounced dead at the hospital. Police arrested Robinson, 39, the same day.
“The defendant stated that it was messed up that he killed the decedent and that he did not mean to do so,” according to the documents.
Judge Julie Becker scheduled Robinson’s preliminary hearing for Oct. 13 at the defense’s request.
The defendant, who is pending a grand jury, was not required to be at the court hearing.