Murder Defendant Will Execute Right to Test DNA

By Dylan Berman [former] - July 13, 2022
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Victims |

A homicide defendant decided to proceed with independent DNA testing after the prosecution’s DNA test results were returned. 

D’aundrey Scott, 28, is charged with first-degree murder after allegedly igniting a fire that killed 62-year-old Darryl Finney on May 13, 2020, on the 900 block of H Street, NE.

According to court documents, the defendant threw a firebomb at the victim.

During the July 13 hearing, the prosecution informed the defendant and his attorney Roderick Thompson along with DC Superior Court Judge Milton Lee that test results of DNA recovered by police have returned. The defense then informed the parties that they will go forward with their right to individually test DNA.

Judge Lee scheduled a status hearing for Sept. 23 to check in on the progress of the defense’s DNA testing.