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Shooting Over Teen Sex Case Goes to Jury

By Jeff Levine - January 16, 2025
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Suspects |

Details Lawyers argued about whether a statement made in a heated argument about a teen-age tryst was either a veiled threat or an effort to calm the volatile situation. The dispute... Read More

Judge Allows Prosecutor to Use Defendant’s Texts, Videos in Trial

Details DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz granted in part a prosecutor’s motion to introduce text and video evidence in a fatal shooting trial, during a hearing on Jan. 14. Ernest... Read More

Judge Finds Probable Cause in Triple-Fatal Arson

By Leah Meyer - January 16, 2025
Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects | Victims |

Details DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson found probable cause that a defendant was the perpetrator in a fatal arson during a hearing on Jan. 14. Robert Simpson, 56, is charged... Read More

Judge Denies Murder Defendant’s Request for Release to Home Care

Details DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz denied a request calling for a cognitively and physically impaired homicide defendant to be put into home care, during a hearing on Jan. 14.... Read More

‘I Tried to Get Us to Safety,’ Homicide Victim’s Best Friend Testifies in Trial

Details A homicide victim’s best friend, who witnessed the fatal shooting, and a medical examiner testified before a jury in DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt’s courtroom on Jan. 15. Idrissa... Read More

Judge Releases Homicide Defendant, Despite Finding Probable Cause

Details DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson found probable cause that a defendant was the perpetrator in a homicide but allowed him to be released, during a hearing on Jan. 14.... Read More

Prosecutors Say Homicide Victim ‘Never Saw it Coming’ at Trial

Details Parties delivered opening statements, and multiple law enforcement witnesses testified, before a jury in DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt’s courtroom on Jan. 14. Idrissa Fall, 37, is charged with... Read More

Murder Defendant Shuns Plea, Waives DNA Testing

By Jeff Levine - January 13, 2025
Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects | Victims |

Details In a brief hearing on Jan. 10, a murder defendant gave up his DNA testing right before DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz. Juan Guerra, 32, is charged with second-degree... Read More

Judge Denies Motion to Suppress Victim’s ID in Shooting Case

By Jeff Levine - January 13, 2025
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Suspects |

Details After an argument about two conflicting identifications of a shooting suspect, DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman denied a defense motion to suppress the victim’s identification of the shooter at... Read More

Youth Worker Sentenced to 12-and-a-Half Years for Teen Manslaughter

Details DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein sentenced a manslaughter defendant to 12-and-a-half years of incarceration on Jan. 10 in a case characterized by ironies. Jason Lewis, 42, was found guilty... Read More

Defendant Waives Right to Independently Test DNA Evidence in Road Rage Homicide

Details A homicide defendant waived his right to independently test DNA evidence before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on Jan. 10. George Sutton, 44, is charged with first-degree premeditated murder... Read More

Homicide Defendant Waives Right to Independently Test DNA Evidence

Details A homicide defendant waived his right to independently test DNA evidence before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on Jan. 10. Deandre Miles, 28, is charged with first-degree premeditated murder... Read More