Prosecution Told to Provide Murder Evidence Pre-Trial

By Becca Parnass - April 10, 2025
Daily Stories | Shooting |

The prosecution must provide the defense with all relevant evidence in a fatal shooting case before a jury trial commences before DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman. He made his rulings in an April 1 hearing.

Anthony Green, 39, is charged with first-degree premeditated murder while armed and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence for his alleged involvement in the fatal shooting of Terence Akindo, 24,  on July 30, 2023, on the 2000 block of 13th Place, NE.

Green’s attorneys,Sylvia Smith and Jessica Willis, discussed two outstanding motions to compel, as they believed the prosecution had not provided all of the evidence in this case. Willis said that they had received some information since filing a motion on March 15.

Twenty gigabytes of data were extracted from the victim’s cellphone in November 2023, but the defense did not receive any of the results until 16 months later. 

Additionally, the defense received files marked iCloud that they were unable to open. The prosecution said they could not open the files either, and their IT department was working to solve the problem.

The prosecution countered that all body worn camera footage and detectives’ notes were provided, but not police officer notes. The prosecution said observations made in body-worn camera footage were sufficient.

However, Judge Edelman said that was “not sufficient,” and the prosecution must provide officer notes.

The defense said they had received evidence that two of the witnesses in this case were using the potent hallucinogen PCP when they spoke to the police following the incident, and when they testified to the grand jury. Therefore, the defense requested mental health and substance abuse information be provided for both witnesses.

The complete evidence delivery deadline is April 7, and the prosecution’s exhibits deadline is April 11.

Parties are slated to reconvene on April 11.