DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman canceled an upcoming vehicular homicide trial on June 26 due to concerns about the defendant’s ability to both stand trial and represent himself. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman emphasized, on June 5, the importance of self-representing defendant’s unrestricted access to necessary case documents. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman adopted a report that found no evidence a homicide defendant was mental incompetent and ruled he could handle his own defense during a hearing on May 29.  Kyle Piunti, 37, is charged with second-degree murder while armed and three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon for his alleged involvement in a fatal hit-and-run on Jan. Read more »

A homicide defendant declared his strategy was his innocence when he asked DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman to dismiss his stand-by attorney and allow him to proceed to trial alone in a hearing on May 19. Read more »

A defendant representing himself in a hit-and-run dismissed his fifth standby attorney in 16 months before DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman at a status hearing on Jan. Read more »

A defendant accused of a hit-and-run murder waived his right to counsel during a hearing before DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman on Oct. Read more »

A defendant accused of a hit-and-run murder asked DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman to dismiss his attorney and allow him to represent himself during a hearing on Oct. Read more »

Kyle Piunti pleaded not guilty in a homicide case before DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman on June 13. Read more »

A Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) detective testified about his investigation of a fatal car accident in a preliminary hearing before DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein on Nov. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein ordered court US Marshals to take a homicide defendant back to the DC Jail for exhibiting rowdy behavior in court on Oct. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman considered allowing prosecutors to introduce video from a vehicular homicide defendant’s California arrest during a hearing on June 22. Read more »

During a hearing on Oct. Read more »

The Metropolitan Police Department's (MPD) Major Crash Investigations Unit is investigating the death of a man after a traffic crash on Jan. Read more »

During the month of February, the District saw a decrease in homicides compared to the start of the New Year, which tallied 19 homicides. Read more »