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DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan granted a motion for a co-defendant’s acquittal during a triple homicide trial. Read more »

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A triple homicide trial resumed with seven witnesses, including four officers from the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and three of the victims’ mothers, were summoned to testify before DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan and a jury. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan addressed final matters with parties presiding over a murder case as the trial approaches. Read more »

On June 9, a DC Superior Court judge scheduled two defendants in a triple homicide case to go before a jury in 2022.  Co-defendants Rakeem Willis, 30, and Jonathan Winston, 31, are charged with first-degree murder while armed in the shootings of 24-year-old Tyrik Hagood, 26-year-old Javon Abney and 26-year-old Sean Shuler on Jan. Read more »

Counsel in a homicide case agreed to wait and see if more courtrooms were available for trials upon reconvening later in the year, rather than schedule one for March 2023. Read more »

On May 28, judges at the DC Superior Courthouse did not release any inmates. Read more »

A murder defendant refused to attend his hearing on May 28 Jonathan Winston, 30, is charged with first-degree murder while armed for his alleged involvement in the shooting deaths of 26-year-old Sean Shuler, 26-year-old Javon Abney and 24-year-old Tyrik Hagood on the 1500 block of Fort Davis Place, SE.  Kevin Irving, Winston's defense attorney, was able to waive the defendant's presence at the hearing because Winston would not to leave his cell. Read more »

A judge denied release for a murder defendant accused of a triple homicide despite pandemic concerns. Read more »

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After a juror reported he had fallen ill with the flu, DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan decided that the jury would not continue deliberations in a murder trial on Nov. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan listened to motion arguments in a triple-homicide case.  Rakeem Willis, 31, has been charged with one count of conspiracy, three counts of first-degree murder while armed, three counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, one count of unlawful possession of a firearm, and one count of fleeing from a law enforcement officer for his alleged connection to the deaths of 26-year-old Sean Shuler, 26-year-old Javon Abney, and 24-year-old Tyrik Hagood.  His co-defendant, Johnathan Winston, 33, has also been charged with one count of conspiracy, three counts of first-degree murder while armed, three counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm.  On July 28, prosecutors filed a motion to exclude expert testimony, targeting one of the defense’s witnesses, a cell site data expert. Read more »