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Homicide Defendant Waives Right to Preliminary Hearing, Ordered Detained

Details A homicide defendant waived his preliminary hearing, and DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo denied his request for release in a May 14 hearing. James Outland, 25, and Bobby Gupton,... Read More

Bad Blood Between Two Friends Leads to Stabbing Homicide

Details Attorneys in a homicide trial argued on May 14 their client acted in self-defense after the prosecution showed footage of a fatal stabbing during opening statements before DC Superior Court... Read More

Prosecutors Rest Following a Three Month Trial Focusing on Guns, Texts

Details In a three month murder, conspiracy trial against three co-defendants, the prosecution rested its case after reintroducing its final three witnesses before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt. Koran Jackson,... Read More

Acquitted: ‘This is the Kind of Case That Wrongful Convictions are Made of,’ Insists Defense 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

Shooting Suspect Rejects Plea Offer, Gets Modified Release

Details A non-fatal shooting suspect rejected a prosecution plea offer, but in the same hearing on May 14 was granted modified release terms. Vann Allen, 25, is charged with assault with... Read More

Murder Defendant Waives Right to Test Some Items for DNA Evidence

Details Prosecutors told DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo, in a May 14 hearing, they have already tested key pieces of evidence in a fatal stabbing, including three knives allegedly used... Read More

‘I Saw Him Cock the Shotgun Again, and I Knew, Okay, This Dude’s About to Kill Me,’ Victim Testifies

By Sam Chodorow [former] - May 14, 2024
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Suspects | Victims |

Details The victim of a shooting testified before a jury in DC Superior Court Judge Andrea Hertzfeld’s courtroom on May 13. Marcedes Edmunds, 38, is charged with assault with a dangerous... Read More

Judge Won’t Dismiss, ‘As Clear As They Come,’ Conspiracy Charges Against Three Co-Defendants

Details With the jury absent, defense attorneys argued to dismiss conspiracy charges against their clients, while opposing the prosecution’s request to admit statements that allegedly link three co-defendants to a teen’s... Read More

Shooting Defendant Waives Preliminary Hearing

Details Scotland Alston, who is accused of shooting a woman in the chest, legs and buttocks during an argument on a street corner, waived his right to a preliminary hearing before... Read More

Homicide Defendant Files Motion to Dismiss Case

Details A homicide defendant’s attorney filed a motion to dismiss the case, or reopen the preliminary hearing, based on a witness recanting statements to police, before DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth... Read More

Motion to Dismiss Charges Against Lead Defendant in COVID Juries Case Denied

Details Defense attorneys for Tony McClam,34, were back in court for a May 13 hearing before DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe in a complex shooting case based on the constitutional... Read More

Prosecution Seeks Timely Deposition for Witness in 1990 Cold Case Murder

Details A prosecutor in a decades-old murder case urged DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun to approve the deposition of a California witness, “the sooner, the better,” in a May 13... Read More