Prosecution Waits for DNA Results

By D.C. Witness Staff - July 1, 2019
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A prosecutor in a murder case said she is still waiting on DNA results. She told a judge that she plans to enter the results as evidence for trial.

Keith Archie is charged with second-degree murder while armed, carrying a dangerous weapon outside a home or business, tampering with physical evidence and threatening to kidnap or injure a person for allegedly stabbing 32-year-old Demond Marcel Rush on the 3600 block of 22nd Street, SE in 2017. 

Archie’s trial has been rescheduled from July 1 to Jan. 27, 2020.

Archie’s attorney, Blase Kearney, told DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman that he is planning on filing “constitutional” motions. He did not explain the details of all of the motions except for one that would prevent the prosecution from presenting certain evidence at trial. 

Judge Edelman set Kearney’s deadline to file the motion is on Oct. 7.  The prosecution has until Oct. 28 to respond.

According to court documents, police followed a blood trail from the foyer of the building where Rush was found, to his body. Rush was found with six stab wounds, one of which pierced his heart.

Archie, 38, appeared to be intoxicated when he talked to police, telling the police that he was not a criminal and repeatedly asked for a shirt. He is currently released on personal recognizance. 

A trial readiness hearing is scheduled on Nov. 22.