During a status hearing Sept. 11, a judge sets a jury trial date for a homicide case.
Eunise Roosevelt Melton is charged with first-degree murder with an unknown metal object for his alleged involvement in the death of Jerimi Meade on July 15, 2016. The crime took place on the 400 block of Burbank Street, SE.
DC Supreme Court Judge Danya Dayson scheduled a motions hearing on Oct 21. Additionally, Judge Dayson scheduled the jury trial to begin Oct. 22.
According to court documents Meade, 29, sustained more than ten blows to the head and face consistent with a claw hammer found on the scene.
