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Suspect Claims Self-Defense For Fatally Shooting 13-Year-Old

Details Parties delivered opening statements in a homicide the defendant says was self-defense before DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein’s courtroom on Aug. 6. Jason Lewis, 42, is charged with second-degree... Read More

Motion for Acquittal Denied in Homicide Trial

Details DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe denied a homicide defendant’s motion for judgment of acquittal during a hearing on Aug. 6. Bernard Matthews, 44, is charged with first-degree, premeditated murder... Read More

Witnesses Testify About Hostile Instagram Messages in Murder Trial

Details The parties in a homicide trial questioned witnesses about the accuracy and completeness of key evidence before DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe on Aug. 5. Bernard Matthews, 45, is... Read More

Prosecutor Won’t Link Drive-by Shooting to Neighborhood Gang

Details The prosecutor in a homicide case told DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe on Aug. 5 that he no longer plans to present evidence connecting the incident to a neighborhood... Read More

Preliminary Hearing in Vehicular Homicide Delayed Amid Plea Negotiations

Details A defendant accused in a traffic fatality alerted DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt of her plans to accept a plea deal at a preliminary hearing on Aug. 6. Olivia... Read More

Shooting Defendant Accepts Plea Deal at Trial Start

Details A shooting defendant accepted a plea deal Aug. 6 on what was supposed to be the day one of his trial before DC Superior Court Judge Heidi Pasichow James Guillory,... Read More

Nine-Year-Old Victim Testifies in Shooting Trial

Details A nine-year-old victim who is also a witness to a shooting testified in front of DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on Aug. 5. Deon Cannon, 29, is charged with... Read More

Mass Shooting Defendant Rejects Second Plea Offer

Details A non-fatal mass shooting defendant rejected a second plea offer from the prosecution before DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun on Aug. 5. Rennwel Mantock, 29, is charged with six... Read More

Jury Acquits Man of Murder in An Uber

Details A jury in DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein’s courtroom found a man not guilty of a murder on Aug. 1. Jarvis Jackson, 42, was charged with first-degree premeditated murder... Read More

Mass Shooter Charged With 50 Counts Takes a Plea for Three

Details A teenage defendant accepted a plea deal on Aug. 2 that reduced a 50 count indictment to three charges for his involvement in a mass shooting. The case was argued... Read More

Teen-Age Tryst Leads to Shooting, Says Prosecution

By Laura Berol - August 5, 2024
Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Suspects |

Details Defense attorney Matthew Rist told DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt at a hearing on Aug. 2 that his client Antoine Johnson‘s constitutional right to due process has been violated... Read More

Judge Considers Severing One Suspect in a Multi-Defendant Juvenile Murder Case

Details DC Superior Court Judge Kendra Briggs told a juvenile’s attorney she is holding a motion to sever her murder case from four other girls in abeyance during an Aug. 1... Read More