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Shooting Defendant Waives Right to Preliminary Hearing, Granted Release

Details An 18-year-old defendant in a shooting case waived his rights to a preliminary hearing and was released by DC Superior Court Judge Renee Raymond on June 17. Owen Mendez, 18,... Read More

Despite Clean Record, Judge Denies 21-Year-Old Homicide Defendant’s Release

Details DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun denied a 21-year-old homicide defendant’s request for pretrial release on June 17, despite his lack of a prior criminal history. Shannon Updike is charged... Read More

Probable Cause Found in Homicide Case

Details DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe found probable cause that the defendant in a homicide case is the perpetrator during a June 14 hearing. Trenton Collins, 21, is charged with... Read More

Murder Defendant Pleads Not Guilty But Considers Plea Deal

Details A homicide defendant pleaded not guilty to all charges in front of DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo in a felony arraignment on June 17. Damion Brown, 24, is charged... Read More

Judge Denies Release for Shooting Suspect

Details DC Superior Court Judge Lynn Leibovitz denied a shooting defendant’s request to be released as he awaits further proceedings on June 17. Dayquan Henderson, 22, is charged with two counts... Read More

Victim’s Mother Sits ‘in Grief’ at Sentencing Hearing

Details A homicide defendant, who previously refused to appear, was sentenced to 45 years in prison by DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe on June 14. Terrell Poe, 37, was convicted by... Read More

Judge Won’t Dismiss Shooting Case on Constitutional Grounds

Details DC Superior Court Judge Heidi Pasichow denied a motion to dismiss an assault case involving two victims in a June 14 hearing. The judge disregarded the defense’s argument that their... Read More

Homicide Defendant Will Do Independent DNA Testing

Details Before DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe, homicide defendant Dohn Harmon stated his intention to perform independent DNA testing on June 14. Harmon, 24, is charged with first-degree murder, possession... Read More

Shooting Suspect Waives Right to Independent DNA Testing

Details Alphonso Oliver’s lawyer waived his right to independently test DNA evidence found at a crime scene in a hearing before DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe on June 14. Oliver,... Read More

Defendant in Shooting Case Plans to Independently Test DNA

Details Before DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe, on June 14, the counsel for a homicide defendant stated an intention to perform independent DNA testing of evidence recovered at a crime... Read More

Effects of Shooting Weigh Heavily on Children of Victim and Defendant

Details The children of Latasha Gray and Anthony Thomas were present in the courtroom on June 14, as Gray was sentenced to nine years’ incarceration and five years of supervised release... Read More

Murder Defendant Rejects Plea Deal

Details Through her attorney, Lisbeth Sapirstein, Brianca Phillips rejected a plea deal and requested a trial date before DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo on June 14. Phillips, 27, is charged... Read More