Mistrial Delays Cooperating Witness’s Case

By D.C. Witness Staff - March 8, 2019
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On March 7, a DC Superior Court judge rescheduled a murder defendant’s preliminary hearing after the trial he was cooperating in resulted in a mistrial.

Shareem Hall is charged with first-degree murder while armed for his alleged involvement in the shooting of 22-year-old Deeniquia Dodds, also known as Gregory Dodds, on the 200 block of Division Street, NE in 2016. His brother Cyheme Hall along with Monte Johnson and Jalonte Little are also charged with the murder.

Shareem is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on April 11. His brother, Cyheme, is scheduled for a status hearing on April 11.

“What happens in this case depends a lot on what happens in the other case,”  a prosecutor said, referring to the trial for co-defendants Johnson, 23, and Little, 28. D.C. Witness previously reported on March 6 that trial was declared a mistrial because the jury could not reach a unanimous decision.

Apparently, the prosecutor in Hall’s case is one of the prosecutors in Johnson and Little’s trial.

Both Shareem, 25, and Cyheme, 23, testified that Johnson shot Dodds and that Little was the getaway driver. According to the prosecution, the brothers entered plea agreements in exchange for their testimony. A plea has not been filed as of March 7.

The four defendants are allegedly connected to a string of robberies that targeted transgender women in the summer of 2016, which led to Dodds’ death.