December 2023 - Page 6 of 12

Homicide Victim’s Brother Among Trial Witnesses

Details On Dec. 14, witnesses near the shooting and the victim’s brother testified in a 2021 murder trial in front of DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun. Mussye Rezene, 31, is... Read More

Homicide Co-Defendants Waive Right to Independently Test DNA Evidence

Details On Dec. 15, homicide co-defendants waived their right to independently test DNA evidence recovered from a crime scene in front of DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe. Maurice Williams, 20,... Read More

Homicide Defendant Rejects Plea Offer

Details On Dec. 15, a homicide defendant rejected a plea offer extended by prosecutors in front of DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe. Terrell Poe, 37, is charged with first-degree murder... Read More

Lawyers Representing 76 Clients Want More Information About ‘Fair’ Jury Selection During COVID

By Jeff Levine - December 15, 2023
Court | Daily Stories | Suspects | Victims |

Details The question of how much information about DC jury selection is enough was heatedly debated before DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo in a Dec. 15 hearing. “There is a... Read More

Homicide Defendant Withdraws Guilty Plea

Details On Dec. 14, DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt granted a homicide defendant’s motion to withdraw a guilty plea. Niko Hall, 32, was originally charged with first-degree murder while armed,... Read More

Judge Denies Homicide Defendant’s Request for Release

Details On Dec. 14, DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt denied a homicide defendant’s request for release. Asani Forte, 26, was originally charged with accessory after the fact for his alleged... Read More

A Mother’s View

By LaTrina Antoine - December 15, 2023
Editors Corner |

Details Last week I sat through a conference focused on shootings in the United States. It was held by the Center for American Progress and featured, over several days, mothers of... Read More

Document: *Decedent Identified* Man Killed in Northwest Shooting

Details The Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) Homicide Branch is investigating a shooting that killed a man on Dec. 12 on the 1400 block of Buchanan Street, NW. According to MPD documents,... Read More

Judge Grants Partial Request to Turn Over Evidence in a Cold Murder Case

Details Under an order filed Dec.14 by DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein the prosecution must turn over much of the potentially exculpatory evidence the defense wanted in a long-delayed murder... Read More

Homicide Defendant Waives Right to Preliminary Hearing and Pleads Guilty

Details On Dec. 13, a homicide defendant waived his right to a preliminary hearing and accepted a plea agreement extended by prosecutors in DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt‘s courtroom. David... Read More

Judge Finds Probable Cause After Hearing of Gruesome injuries in Assault With Intent to Kill Case

By Adriana Marroquin - December 13, 2023
Daily Stories | Shooting | Suspects |

Details On Dec. 12, DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo found probable cause that a defendant was the perpetrator in a non-fatal shooting case. Andrew Black, 50, is charged with assault... Read More

Details of Murder Revealed as Friends of Victim Testify

Details On Dec. 12, family members and friends of a victim testified in a 2021 murder trial conducted by DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun. Mussye Rezene, 31, is charged with... Read More

Month: December 2023