Jury Finds Height and Young Guilty of 2nd-Degree Murder
A jury recently found two murder defendants guilty of the 2014 shooting of Willard Carlos Shelton. After a three week trial, the jury found April 5 Tyrone Height and James…
+ Read MoreA jury recently found two murder defendants guilty of the 2014 shooting of Willard Carlos Shelton. After a three week trial, the jury found April 5 Tyrone Height and James…
+ Read MoreJames Young was sentenced on June 22 for his first-degree murder while armed charge.
+ Read MoreA defense attorney pleaded for DC Superior Court Judge Jennifer Di Toro to continue a defendant’s probation despite violations for trying to stay with his mother. James Young, 55, was…
+ Read MoreOn March 20, DC Superior Court Judge Jennifer Di Toro issued a bench warrant with no bond for a non-fatal shooting defendant after failing to appear in court. James Young,…
+ Read MoreOn June 15, DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan sentenced James Young on one count of attempted robbery and one count of carrying a pistol without a license. Young, 54,…
+ Read MoreThe criminal history score takes multiple facets of information into consideration, starting with whether or not the defendant has a prior conviction. The score is determined by the severity of…
+ Read MoreA DC Superior Court judge sentenced a murder defendant to 45 years in prison. On April 5, a jury convicted co-defendants Michael Tyrone Height and James Young of felony murder…
+ Read MoreDesperation stood out as a key aspect in both the prosecution and defense’s closing arguments during a 2014 murder trial. On April 3, three weeks after the trial started, the…
+ Read MoreOn March 29, nine days after a 2014 murder trial began, one of the defendants said he shot Willard Carlos Shelton in self defense. James Young and Tyrone Height are…
+ Read MoreAfter seven days of arguments from the prosecution, the outcome of continuing a murder trial became uncertain when a detective from the Metropolitan Police Department incriminated the defendants during his…
+ Read MoreA GPS tracker shows one of the defendants in a 2014 murder trial traveled from one corridor in the city to another immediately after allegedly shooting Willard Carlos Shelton. A…
+ Read MoreThe prosecution recently impeached the testimony of James Young’s neighbor during a murder trial. Young and Tyrone Height have been charged with first-degree murder while armed for shooting Willard Carlos Shelton…
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