Trial Date Set for 2014 Murder

By D.C. Witness Staff - June 27, 2018
Court | Homicides | Suspects |

During a status hearing, a judge set a trial date for a man charged with first-degree murder while armed among other charges.

According to the Metropolitan Police Department, Simwone Milstead was found unconscious suffering from gunshot wounds on the 2700 block of Langston Place, SE in 2014. Milstead, 36, succumbed to his injuries at a hospital the following day.

Four years later, Denzel Grandson was arrested and charged with Milstead’s death. Grandson also faces one count of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence and unlawful possession of a firearm.

On June 27, Grandson’s defense attorney, Andrea Antonelli, told DC Superior Court Judge Juliet McKenna that the prosecution needed to provide the defense with additional evidence. 

Judge McKenna scheduled the trial for April 29, 2019. A status hearing is scheduled for Oct. 26 .