Thank you for reading D.C. Witness. Help us continue our mission into 2024.
Donate NowBy
D.C. Witness Staff
- February 1, 2018
Court
|
Homicides
|
Suspects
|
The prosecution team in a 2016 murder trial revealed Feb. 1 that it would be conducting DNA testing.
Antoine Byrd and Devonta Johnson are accused of fatally stabbing 29-year-old Robinson Pal, 29, at a nightclub on the 1100 block of 17th Street, NW.
In addition, the prosecution informed Byrd’s attorney, Brandi Harden, and Johnson’s attorney, Brian McDaniel, that three final discovery file transcripts would be turned over in the near future.
Byrd, 37, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder while armed on Feb. 17, 2016. Johnson, 29, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder while armed on March 2, 2016.
Byrd and Johnson are scheduled to have a status hearing on March 16.