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Judge Orders Competency Exam for Homicide Defendant Wanting to Represent Himself

Details DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan reissued an order for a murder defendant to complete a competency test after failing to do so as required to represent himself, during a... Read More

Document: MPD Investigating Southeast Homicide

Details The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred on May 25 on the 1300 block of Congress Street, SE. According to MPD documents, officers responded to... Read More

Emotional Victim of Shooting Testifies, ‘I Still Feel Pain To This Day’

Details The fifty-seven-year-old victim of a shooting incident testified on May 30 in front of DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo and his alleged perpetrator. He expressed his terror and shock... Read More

Document: MPD Investigating Fatal Southeast Shooting

Details The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred on May 22 on the 4800 block of Alabama Avenue, SE. According to MPD documents, officers responded to... Read More

Acquitted: ‘We Are at the Doorstep of a Wrongful Conviction,’ Says Defense Attorney in Homicide Trial

Details Editor’s note: On May 30, a jury acquitted Devonte Brothers of all charges connected to the homicide of Deron Leake. Brothers is still being held on homicide charges in another... Read More

Defendant Gets Consecutive Sentence After Committing Another Crime

Details Parties in a 2018 homicide case argued whether a defendant’s new sentence should be served concurrently or consecutively to a previously imposed penalty before DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan,... Read More

Case Acquitted: Identity Expert Testifies for the Defense in a Homicide Case

Details Editor’s note: On May 30, a jury acquitted Devonte Brothers of all charges connected to the homicide of Deron Leake. Brothers is still being held on homicide charges in another... Read More

Judge Continues Detention for Teen Accused of Fatal Beating

Details DC Superior Court Judge Kendra Briggs sided with prosecutors and ordered that a 13-year-old murder suspect should remain in the custody of the DC Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS) agency until... Read More

Judge Sentences Remorseful Homicide Defendant to 20 Years

Details DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo sentenced a homicide defendant to 20 years for his involvement in a 2022 murder, during a hearing on May 29. Travon Diggs, 30, was... Read More

Document: Man Arrested for Fatal U Street Shooting

Details The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced the arrest of an individual in connection to a fatal shooting that occurred on April 27 inside a restaurant on the 1300 block of... Read More

Document: MPD Investigating Northwest Homicide

Details The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred on May 20 on the 7300 block of Blair Road, NW. According to MPD documents, officers responded to... Read More

Document: MPD Investigating Northwest Homicide

Details The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is investigating a homicide that occurred on May 18 on the 1200 block of V Street, NW. According to MPD documents, officers responded to the... Read More