‘My Strategy is Simple, I’m Innocent,’ Says Vehicular Homicide Defendant Who Wants to Represent Himself - DC Witness

‘My Strategy is Simple, I’m Innocent,’ Says Vehicular Homicide Defendant Who Wants to Represent Himself - DC Witness

A homicide defendant declared his strategy was his innocence when he asked DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman to dismiss his stand-by attorney and allow him to proceed to trial alone in a hearing on May 19. Kyle Piunti, 37, is charged with second-degree murder while armed and three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon for his alleged involvement in a vehicle crash that resulted in the death of 54-year-old Michael Hamlin. The incident occu…