Judge Sets Deadline for Indictment

A DC Superior Court judge set an indictment deadline for a prosecutor on Dec. 20. Xavier Hamilton, 26, is charged with second-degree murder while armed for his alleged role in the shooting death of 39-year-old Ivy Smith on the 2800 block of Alabama Avenue, SE in 2016. According to court documents, another individual was found suffering from a gunshot wound at a nearby beauty supply store. The prosecutor told Judge Todd Edelman that he expects that an indictment would be handed down within two months. The prosecutor told the judge and defense attorney, Heather Pinckney, why an indictment hadn’t yet been secured at the bench. The parties agreed to an indictment deadline of March 11, 2020. Judge Edelman set another felony status conference to occur on Feb. 28.