Parties in a homicide retrial debated the credibility of the prosecution’s key witness in closing arguments on June 3 before DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson. Read more »

A jury in DC Superior Court’s Danya Dayson’s courtroom convicted one homicide co-defendant and acquitted the other on June 5. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson dismissed a defense request for a mistrial in a co-defendant homicide retrial on June 2. Read more »

The defense claimed that a key witness in a homicide case lied under oath and in prior interactions with law enforcement officers in trial before DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson on June 1.  Alonzo Brown, 29, and Naquel Henderson, 28, are charged with conspiracy to commit a crime of violence while armed, first-degree murder while armed, four counts of assault with intent to kill while armed, and five counts of possession of a firearm during crime of violence for their alleged involvement in the fatal shooting of Michael Taylor, 22, on the 1700 block of Benning Road NE on Jan. Read more »

A co-conspirator testified as a cooperating witness that a 2019 fatal shooting was a planned act of retaliation before DC Superior Court Danya Dayson on May 27.  Alonzo Brown, 29, and Naquel Henderson, 28, are charged with conspiracy to commit a crime of violence while armed, first-degree premeditated murder while armed, four counts of assault with intent to kill while armed, and five counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence. Read more »

A key witness who previously took a plea deal to second-degree murder testified in a trial involving his former co-defendants on May 26 before DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson.  Alonzo Brown, 29, and Naquel Henderson, 28, are charged with one count of first-degree premeditated murder while armed, one count of conspiracy to commit a crime of violence while armed, four counts of assault with intent to kill while armed, and five counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence for their alleged involvement in the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Michael Taylor and injuries to two other victims on Jan. Read more »

The prosecution claimed co-defendants planned and carried out a fatal shooting as retaliation for their friend's murder in a retrial before DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson on May 12. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park denied releasing a homicide defendant who argued that a related Maryland case tied to his arrest had been dismissed on March 6. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman issued a bench warrant for a murder defendant on probation in a hearing on Jan. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park  issued an order on Aug. Read more »

A motion to reinstate a murder co-defendant’s release was discussed in front of DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park during a July 30 hearing. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park scheduled a new trial in May of 2026 for two homicide co-defendants on June 25, after their first trial ended in a mistrial. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman pronounced murder defendant Carlos Turner’s, 27, sentence on June 5, suspending all but time served, effectively releasing him.  Turner pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of Michael Taylor, 21, in a shooting that took Taylor’s life and injured two additional victims on the 1700 block of Benning Road, NE, on Jan. Read more »

Lawyers for two co-defendants urged the jury to doubt the credibility of the prosecution's star witness during closing statements in a homicide trial before DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park on May 20.  Alonzo Brown, 28, and Naquel Henderson, 27, are charged with first-degree murder while armed, conspiracy to commit a crime of violence, five counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, and four counts of assault with intent to kill while armed. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park refused to allow the testimony of a witness called in by Steven Kiersh, defense attorney for Alonzo Brown, during court proceedings on May 19. Read more »