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Status Hearing Date Set for Upcoming Grand Jury Trial

Details Both the defense and prosecution met to provide their updates on each side of the case for an impending homicide trial. Delonte Jackson, 23, is charged with second-degree murder while... Read More

Defendant Unable to Attend Hearing Due to Conflict at DC Jail

Details DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun ruled at a felony status conference hearing on Feb. 3 that the hearing should be rescheduled due to an undisclosed issue at the DC... Read More

Judge Reduces Release Conditions for Homicide Defendant

Details DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun reduced the release conditions for a homicide defendant in a felony status conference hearing on Feb. 3. Gary Rush, 40, is charged with second-degree... Read More

Judge Orders Attorney of Man Convicted of Sex Abuse to Bring Him to A Medical Facility

Details During a Feb. 2 hearing, after DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt was notified that a sex abuse defendant was not in full compliance of his probation conditions, she ordered... Read More

Defense Requests to Reschedule Hearing After Private Conversation with Judge

Details After a confidential conversation with D.C. Superior Court Judge Robert Okun, a murder defendant, and his attorney decided to reschedule their Feb. 2 hearing. Jacobi Williams, 35, is charged with... Read More

Murder Defendant Unable to Appear Due to Positive COVID Test

Details Due to a positive Covid-19 test, a murder defendant was quarantined at the DC Jail and unable to appear in person or virtually for his status hearing in front of... Read More

Defense Attorney Alerts Judge of Intent to File Motion to Sever

Details Five co-defendants appeared in front of D.C. Superior Court Judge Robert Okun on Feb. 2 to continue preparing for their trial. Erwin DuBose, 28, and Kamar Queen, 25, are charged... Read More

Defendant Arraigned on Indictment Charges in Murder Case

Details A murder defendant was arraigned on multiple indictment charges during a Feb. 2 hearing. Christian Johnson, 31, is being charged with first-degree murder in connection to a shooting that occurred... Read More

3 Co-Defendants in a Murder Case Waive Right to Independent Testing

Details Three murder defendants waived their right to independently test DNA evidence on Feb. 2 ahead of their trial. Vorreze Ricardo Thomas, 25, and Delonta Stevenson, 27, are charged with first-degree... Read More

Judge Releases Homicide Defendant to Home Confinement

Details On Feb. 2, DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan released a murder defendant to house arrest. Desmond Gaskin, 37, is charged with second-degree murder for allegedly shooting 40-year-old William Whittington... Read More

Sex Abuse Trial Closes 3 Days Earlier Than Expected

By Bersabel Ephrem - February 2, 2023
Court | Daily Stories | Sex Abuse | Sexual Assault |

Details Three days earlier than anticipated, a sex abuse trial concluded with closing arguments on Feb. 1. The case, which had been unsolved for years, involved a 47-year-old defendant who is... Read More

Judge Grants Prosecution’s Request For Pretrial Hold in Murder Case

Details Even though evidence weighed in the defendant’s favor, DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan granted the prosecution’s request for a pretrial hold to guarantee the community’s safety. On Feb.12, 2020,... Read More

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