Brian McDaniel Archives

Homicide Defendant Waives Right to Independent DNA Evidence Testing

Details The defendant in a fatal shooting case waived his right to test DNA evidence separately from the prosecution’s testing before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on Feb. 18. Desmond... Read More

Judge Rules Hit-And-Run Suspect’s Statements to Police Admissible

Details A motion to suppress key statements in a traffic homicide case was denied by DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan during a hearing on Dec. 9, clearing the way for... Read More

Defense Tries to Exclude Police Interview With Ailing HIt-And-Run Defendant

Details The attorney for a traffic homicide defendant argued that his client’s interview with a police detective should be excluded from evidence before DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan on Nov.... Read More

Seven Carjacking Co-Defendants Reject Plea Offers

By Natalie Note [former] - November 4, 2024
Carjacking | Daily Stories | Suspects |

Details Seven carjacking co-defendants rejected plea offers from the prosecution before DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun on Nov. 1. Byron Gillum, Jaelen Jordan, Isaiah Flowers, Jahkai Goff, Warren Montgomery, Taj... Read More

Mother and Son Duo Plead Guilty to Their Roles in A 37-Year-Old Woman’s Murder

Details A mother and son duo charged with murder accepted a plea deal extended by prosecutors on Oct. 24, a week before their trial was scheduled to begin in front of... Read More

Armed Carjacking, Shooting Defendant Accepts Plea Agreement, Denied Release

Details An armed carjacking and shooting defendant accepted a plea agreement extended by the prosecution before DC Superior Court Judge Judith Pipe on Oct. 16. Kevin Settles, 37, was originally charged... Read More

Parties Clash Over Witness Testimony in Mother and Son Murder Case

Details In a Sept. 20 motion hearing before DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan a Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) detective confirmed a suspect’s presence in surveillance footage. Jaquell Jackson, 20, is... Read More

‘There’s A Blood Feud That Runs Deep,’ Judge Says in Sentencing Co-Defendants to More Than 100 Years For Shooting Spree

Details DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt sentenced Tyiion Freeman to 108 years incarceration and Koran Jackson to 164 years on Sept. 13 for their involvement in a 2020 shooting spree... Read More

Homicide Co-Defendant Pleads Guilty

Details A homicide defendant accepted a plea deal extended by the prosecution before DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe in an Aug. 23 hearing. Maurice Williams, 22, was originally charged with... Read More

Two Carjacking Co-Defendants in a Conspiracy Case Waive DNA Evidence Testing

By Richa Sharma [former] - August 6, 2024
Carjacking | Daily Stories | Suspects |

Details Two of five co-defendants in a carjacking conspiracy case waived their right to independently test DNA evidence before DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun on Aug. 5. Byron Gillum, 19,... Read More

Severance Motion in Mother-and-Son Homicide Denied

Details DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan denied a motion to sever mother and son homicide co-defendants, during a July 16 hearing. Jaquell Jackson, 20, and Chakeatia Jackson, 39, are charged... Read More

Judge Requests Additional Time to Review Mother, Son Severance in a Homicide Case

By Mackenzie Konjoyan [former] , Ben Dickson [former], Thomas Hinton [former] - July 3, 2024
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting |

Details DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan announced a delay in ruling on a motion to sever mother and son homicide co-defendants, to further review the evidence and case law, during... Read More