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Stabbing Defendant Waives Right to a Preliminary Hearing, Considers Plea Deal

By Adriana Marroquin - January 7, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | stabbing | Suspects |

Details A stabbing defendant waived his rights to a preliminary hearing and requested he be released as pending a plea deal decision before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on Jan.... Read More

Jury Finds Murder Defendant Guilty on All Counts

Details A jury found Amard Jefferson guilty on all five counts in a murder trial before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on Dec. 20. Jefferson, 25, was found guilty of... Read More

Murder and Conspiracy Defendant Accepts Plea Deal For Assault with Intent to Kill

Details One of the defendants charged for the shootings that killed 13-year-old Malachi Lukes accepted a plea offer from the prosecution and pleaded guilty to assault with intent to kill while... Read More

Shooting Defendant Maintains Innocence at Sentencing

By Adriana Marroquin - January 3, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Shooting | Suspects |

Details A shooting defendant’s attorney told DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt her client maintains his innocence and plans to appeal his conviction after he was sentenced to 24 years of... Read More

Stabbing Victim Urges Treatment for Attacker at Sentencing

By Laura Berol - January 3, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | stabbing | Suspects |

Details “If I had died, my blood would be not only on his hands but on the hands of a mental healthcare system that had failed him,” a stabbing victim said... Read More

Is the D.C. Jury Pool Representative?

By Lucy Orgolini [former] - December 21, 2024
Court | Daily Stories | Featured | Suspects |

Details D.C. Witness discovered in the Tony Mcclam v. United States jury bias case, a convoluted statistical section that raises a core question: Is the Superior Court calling a racially representative... Read More

Court’s Security Systems Edge Closer to Failure

By Lucy Orgolini [former] - December 19, 2024
Court | Daily Stories | Featured | Uncategorized |

Details The District of Columbia Courts face a mounting security crisis as its two-decade-old surveillance and fire alarm systems edges closer to complete failure, according to court documents. Tucked deep in... Read More

Murder Defendant’s Attorney Says He Acted in Self-Defense During ‘Home Invasion’

Details Parties delivered closing arguments during a hearing on Dec. 18, before a jury in DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt’s courtroom. Amard Jefferson, 25, is charged with second-degree murder while... Read More

Homicide Co-Defendants Consider Plea Deal

Details Two homicide defendants told DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun they are considering a plea deal extended by prosecutors during a Dec. 16 hearing. Ashton Inabinet, 17, and Na’eem Butler,... Read More

Homicide Defendant Pleads Guilty

Details A homicide defendant pleaded guilty before DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe on Dec. 17. Antonio Johnson, 32, was originally charged with second-degree murder while armed for his involvement in... Read More

Judge Finds Wheelchair-Bound Suspect Probably Murdered Former Lover

Details While the defense tried to portray 23-year-old Desmond Barr as a victim during a five-day preliminary hearing from Dec. 13 to Dec. 18, DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe ruled... Read More

In Spite of Claiming to Defend His Wife, Probable Cause Found for Homicide Defendant

Details DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun ruled that the prosecution had sufficient evidence to prove that a defendant was the shooter in a homicide during a Dec. 16 hearing. Maurice... Read More