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Judge Releases Stabbing Defendant to In-Patient Drug Treatment

By Adriana Marroquin - January 13, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | stabbing | Suspects |

Details DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt released a stabbing defendant to an in-patient drug treatment program on Jan. 10. John Scogins, 53, is charged with aggravated assault and assault with... Read More

Stabbing Defendant Accepts Plea Deal, Drops Challenge of Competency For Trial

By Adriana Marroquin - January 13, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | stabbing | Suspects |

Details A stabbing defendant withdrew a planned challenge to a finding he was competent to stand trial and accepted a plea deal before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on Jan.... Read More

Fatal Shooting Suspect Declines Evidence Testing

By Jeff Levine - January 10, 2025
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details In a Jan. 10 hearing before DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz, a murder suspect turned down DNA testing of the prosecution’s evidence. Antwain Ulmer, 20, is charged with premeditated... Read More

‘People Intend the Natural and Probable Consequences of Their Actions,’ Prosecutors Say in Shooting Trial

By Adriana Marroquin - January 9, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Shooting | Suspects |

Details Parties delivered opening statements and heard testimony from a victim during a trial on Jan. 8, before DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan. Antoine Johnson, 28, is charged with with... Read More

Court Gets Mixed Reviews For Snow Day Performance

By Jeff Levine - January 8, 2025
Daily Stories | Homicides | stabbing | Victims |

Details Looking distinctly un-judge-like without his ceremonial robe, DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz appeared on a WebEx connection for a 10 a.m. Jan. 6 hearing. However, he was the only... Read More

Murder Defendant Pleads Not Guilty at Arraignment, in Plea Negotiations

Details A homicide defendant pleaded not guilty to five charges during an arraignment before DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park on Jan. 8. Trenton Collins, 22, is charged with first-degree murder... Read More

Judge Bars Defense Lawyer From Murder Case Citing Conflict of Interests

By Jeff Levine - January 8, 2025
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson preliminarily ruled on Jan. 6 that a defense lawyer in the Murder trial of Aaron Murchison must recuse herself based on a conflict of... Read More

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

Judge Detains Suspect in Road Rage Incident

By Jeff Levine - January 3, 2025
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Suspects |

Details “This is pulling a firearm and pointing it at someone,” said DC Superior Court Judge Robert Salerno ruling to continue the detention of a road rage suspect in a 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