Case Dismissed: Prosecution Plans to Offer Plea Deal to Murder Defendant

By D.C. Witness Staff - January 9, 2020
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Editor’s note: The case against Kenneil Cole was dismissed on Feb. 1, 2023.

During a status hearing, Jan. 9, the prosecution told a DC Superior Court judge that they planned on offering a plea deal.

Kenneil Cole is charged with first-degree murder while armed and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence for allegedly shooting his roommate, Keon Delonte Wallace, on the 2400 block of Skyland Place, SE. Cole, 24, who turned himself into the police, said he shot his roommate in self-defense after Wallace, 24, pulled a semi-automatic rifle on him.

The prosecutor said he intended to extend a plea deal to Cole within the next two weeks.

Cole’s defense attorney, James King, said that despite the incoming plea offer, Cole still wanted to exercise his right to DNA testing.

King said the DNA test results would be returned by the end of March.

The defense attorney also asked DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz for an earlier trial date. However, due to the March return date and the prosecution’s trial calendar an earlier trial date could not be found.

Defense attorney, Jenna Cobb, joined Cole’s defense team as co-counsel.

Cole is scheduled for a trial readiness hearing on July 10.