A shooting defendant rejected a plea offer during jury selection before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on Feb. 18.
Gerald Day, 34, is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, possession of a firearm during a crime of violence or dangerous offense, carrying a pistol without a license outside a home or business, and threatening to kidnap or injure a person for allegedly pointing a gun at a woman after a fight on Oct. 29, 2023, at the intersection of O Street and Carrollsburg Place, SW.
Day’s co-defendant, Paul Poston, 32, was sentenced on June 26, 2024, to two years of imprisonment, with all but 10 months suspended, for shooting at the same victim’s car after the altercation.
Prior to jury selection, the prosecutors said they extended a revised plea offer to Day that would require him to plead guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon and carrying a pistol without a license. In exchange, the prosecution would drop all other charges in the case.
Day’s attorney, Steven Polin, said Day wanted to proceed to trial, formally rejecting the plea offer.
Parties completed jury selection and are set to reconvene to begin the trial on Feb. 19.
