A defendant accepted a plea deal and was sentenced to jail for a stabbing before DC Superior Judge Andrea Hertzfeld on March 2.
Eric Davis, 62, was originally charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and unlawful possession of contraband in a penal institution for his involvement in a stabbing at the DC Jail on the 1900 Block of D Street, SE on Nov. 2, 2024.
At the hearing, Davis’s attorney, Craig Ricard, stated that his client accepted a plea deal from prosecutors that required him to plead guilty to simple assault and possession of a prohibited weapon. In exchange, the prosecution dismissed the greater and remaining charges against Davis…