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- January 22, 2021
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A trial readiness hearing has been scheduled for two defendants in a murder case after a judge declared a mistrial as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nyekemia Everett and Malik Hewitt are charged with first-degree murder while armed in the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Christopher Heard on the 2300 block of Ainger Place, SE during the early hours of April 27, 2017.
The trial had proceeded all the way until closing arguments when the mistrial was declared by Judge Anita Josey-Herring in August 2020.
At the time, Judge Josey-Herring, who is now the chief judge of the DC Superior Court.
The judge presiding over the Jan. 21 hearing scheduled the trial readiness hearings to take place on March 3. A date for the trial has not been set at this time.
Hewitt and Everett are also charged with conspiracy, attempt to commit armed robbery and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence. Everett is also charged with unlawful possession of a firearm, fleeing law enforcement officers and obstruction of justice. Hewitt is also charged with felony murder while armed.