DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun sentenced two teen murderers to 18 years on Nov. 7 in a crime that started as a robbery over a pair of tennis shoes.
On Oct. 28, 2024, Anthony Monroe, 19, and Marlan Smith, 18, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder while armed and assault with a dangerous weapon for their involvement in the murder of 17-year-old Antonio Cunningham, and the shooting of another individual, on Sept. 11, 2023, on the 2300 block of Washington Place, NE.
The defendants, who were juveniles at the time of the incident, were charged as adults under Title 16. Through the deal, parties agreed to a sentencing range of 13-to-18 years of imprisonment…