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By
Michelle Roldan
- March 4, 2025
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DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo imposed a suspended sentence on Feb. 28 for a woman connected to a fatal shooting.
Brianca Phillips, 27, was originally charged with conspiracy, first-degree murder while armed, and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence for her alleged involvement in the fatal shooting of 32-year-old Terrance Allen on the 3000 block of Stanton Road, SE on Jan. 18, 2021.
Phillips was previously a co-defendant with Delonta Stevenson, 29, and Vorreze Thomas, 26, but her case was severed from theirs in May 2023. Stevenson and Thomas were later found guilty of first-degree murder, among other charges.
According to the prosecution’s evidence, Phillips was the one to alert Stevenson and Thomas through a phone call that Allen was at the location murder location.
On Dec. 13, 2024, Phillips accepted a deal from the prosecution that required her to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit assault with significant bodily injury in exchange for a dismissal of all other charges. Through the deal, parties agreed to a suspended sentence with probation.
During sentencing on Feb. 28, Lisbeth Sapirstein, Phillips’ attorney, shared that Phillips didn’t want to return to court because it was not a lifestyle she wanted her son experience. According to Sapirstein, Phillips was ready to accept responsibility for having made the life-changing call during the incident that led to the death of Allen.
Sapirstein requested that she be sentenced under the Youth Rehabilitation Act (YRA), which allows for a young defendant’s conviction to be sealed if they successfully complete all sentencing requirements, and sentenced toward the lower end of the scale as she’d proven she was capable of remaining on probation.
Judge Demeo imposed a 12 month sentence, all suspended, for the charge, and ordered Phillips to serve one year of probation under the YRA. All other charges were disposed of as part of the plea agreement.
No further dates were set.