A judge decided Feb. 6 to reject testimony from an officer, citing two prior incidents in which the officer did not tell the truth.
Keith Archie, 39, is charged with second-degree murder while armed for allegedly stabbing Demond Marcel Rush on the 3600 block of 22nd Street, SE in 2017.
On Feb. 6, DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz said that testimony from a responding Metropolitan Police Department officer would not be allowed in trial because the officer lied to fellow officers while on patrol in two separate incidents. The incidents were not connected to the homicide.
In one incident, the officer was outside of his designated patrol area when his cruiser got stuck in a muddy field in Maryland. The told fellow officers that he pulled off the road and into the field to make an urgent family call.
However, the officer later said he and a fellow officer were just “hanging out” and being “disobedient.”
The trial is slated to begin on Feb. 10. It is expected to last for about two weeks.
Written by Wyatt Mullins and MiriYam Judd
