On Feb. 28, DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan denied a homicide defendant’s request for release. Tywan Morris, 28, is charged with second-degree murder while armed, carrying a dangerous weapon…
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On Feb. 23, DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz reluctantly sentenced a co-defendant to 30 years in prison for his involvement in a 2017 homicide. On July 26, 2021, Malik Hewitt,…
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DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz sentenced a defendant in connection to a 2020 homicide James Flemings is charged with second degree murder while armed in connection with the fatal shooting…
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Editor’s note: The case against Kenneil Cole was dismissed on Feb. 1, 2023. DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan granted a homicide defendant’s motion to modify release conditions from weekly…
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DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz denied a request for release from a defendant accused of shooting a woman in a vehicle during a dispute. The 21-year-old defendant was indicted…
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Parties in a murder case agreed to reschedule the defendants’ trial to begin approximately one month earlier. Co-defendants Tony Morgan and Martinez Raynor are accused of traveling to a holiday market…
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A DC Superior Court judge imposed a 12-year sentence for a defendant who pleaded guilty to three counts of second-degree child sex abuse. Ellisante Ewing was charged with first-degree child…
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Parties discussed how to proceed with a sex abuse case after the defendant was released from a civil commitment by the Department of Behavioral Health (DBH) in August. The defendant…
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A DC Superior Court judge scheduled a trial for a murder case in which the victim has yet to be found. Isaac Moye is charged with second-degree murder in the…
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Parties made last-minute evidence arguments ahead of an upcoming murder trial. Tony McClam, 31, is charged with first-degree murder while armed in the shooting of 11-year-old Karon Brown on July…
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A DC Superior Court judge accepted a plea deal and sentenced a sex abuse defendant to serve two-and-a-half years in prison. Joseph Howard pleaded guilty to third-degree sex abuse for…
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The Public Defender Service (PDS) for the District of Columbia released a memo calling for the release of all persons incarcerated at the DC Jail in the wake of the…
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