Court Archives - D.C. Witness

Judge Tries to Balance Consequences With Compassion in Sentencing Shooter

By Jeff Levine - May 21, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Suspects |

Details In a 90 minute sentencing punctuated by raw emotion, DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt acknowledged it was difficult to thread the legal needle in a case where not only... Read More

Defense Grills Prosecution’s ‘Star Witness’ in Fatal Shooting

Details A witness who the defense claimed was motivated by self-interest testified he saw a suspected murderer shoot a victim in cold blood. During hearings on May 13 and May 14,... Read More

Murder Defendant Denied Release

Details DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park refused defense attorney Eliza Buergenthal’s request that he release her client, Tyquan Jennings, from DC Jail pending trial at a hearing on May 19.... Read More

Judge Excludes Witness Aiming to Impeach Key Prosecution Witness

Details 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

Stabbing Suspect Nixes Testing of DNA Evidence

By Laura Berol - May 20, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | stabbing | Suspects |

Details Christopher Moore waived his right to independently test DNA evidence with the assistance of his attorney, Sellano Simmons, at a court hearing before DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz on... Read More

Shooter Takes a Plea, Denied Release in Long-standing Beef

By D.C. Witness Staff - May 19, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Suspects |

Details Terry McNeal, 44, stood before DC Superior Court Judge Andrea Hertzfeld on May 19 and accepted a guilty plea for a shooting based on a longstanding grudge. In accepting the... Read More

Suspect in Murder, Robbery Pleads Not Guilty at Arraignment

Details David Key was arraigned on four charges and pleaded not guilty before DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz on May 16. Key, 38, is charged with first-degree murder premeditated while... Read More

Murder, Armed Robbery Defendant Waives Right to Test For DNA

Details Jaime Macedo waived his right to independently test DNA evidence with the assistance of his attorney, Jessica Willis, at a court hearing before DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz on... Read More

Assault Defendant Rejects Plea Offer

By Laura Berol - May 19, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Suspects |

Details Alvin Thomas, Jr., the defense attorney for Demarco Bates, informed the court that his client was rejecting a plea offer extended by the prosecution at a hearing before DC Superior... Read More

Judge Demands Police Video of 2-Year-Old’s Murder Account

Details DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz instructed the prosecution to share the video of police interviewing a two-year-old child about the alleged murder of her grandfather by her father during... Read More

Judge Denies Suspected Jail Stabber’s Release in ‘Incredibly Troubling’ Case

By Adriana Marroquin - May 16, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | stabbing | Suspects |

Details DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman denied a stabbing defendant’s request for release during an arraignment on May 16. Keimontay Holston, 22, is charged with assault with intent to kill... Read More

Judge Won’t Dismiss Murder Case for Prosecution’s Failure to Indict

Details DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman denied a homicide defendant’s request to dismiss his case for “want of prosecution,” during a hearing on May 16. Karim Ibrahim, 22, is charged... Read More