Murder Defendant Still Awaiting Trial 4 Years Later
A DC Superior Court judge agreed to prioritize setting a trial date for a defendant who is charged with the death of a police officer in 2016. Dewayne Chatman is…
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A DC Superior Court judge agreed to prioritize setting a trial date for a defendant who is charged with the death of a police officer in 2016. Dewayne Chatman is…
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A DC Superior Court judge scheduled trial readiness hearings and a status hearing for eight murder defendants on Nov. 17, continuing seven other murder hearings for later dates. A majority…
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During a status hearing Jan. 23, a defense attorney updated a DC Superior Court judge and the case’s new prosecuting attorney on various motions that were filed in a murder…
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During a status hearing Sept. 13, a judge said a murder defendant could not get an earlier trial date before the summer of 2020. Dewayne Chatman is charged with first-degree murder…
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Based on a witness’s state of mind, a judge granted a prosecutor’s motion for a continuance of a murder trial on May 16. Dewayne Chatman is charged with first-degree murder while…
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During a trial readiness hearing May 15, the prosecution argued to continue a murder trial by at least six months because their eyewitness is unfit to testify. Dewayne Chatman, 32, is…
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A DC Superior Court judge denied May 6 the prosecution’s request to delay a murder defendant’s trial. Dewayne Chatman is charged with first-degree murder while armed and mayhem while armed,…
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On March 29, in congruence with DC law, a DC Superior Court judge officially detained a defendant on a murder charge. Dewayne Chatman is charged with first-degree murder while armed for…
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Dewayne Chatman, who was arrested in November for the murder of 29-year-old Evan Williams, has been offered a plea deal. On the evening of September 8, police discovered Williams…
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On Dec. 6, a homicide defendant accepted a plea agreement extended by prosecutors in front of DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan. Eugene R. Williams, 18, and co-defendant Anthony Green,…
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DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo presided over a Feb. 10 motion hearing which discussed a pervasive issue in 23 different felony cases. All cases involved in the motion hearing…
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During a Jan. 27 hearing, D.C. Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan arraigned Eugene Williams on five counts connected to a murder on Feb. 8, 2022. Williams was indicted on first-degree…
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