Court Update: April 24

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On April 22, judges at the DC Superior Courthouse released four inmates.

One defendants’ bond review hearings were carried for a ruling at a later date.

There were four hearings that were not in relation to emergency releases because of COVID-19. Two were status hearings. One was a pretrial show cause hearing which the defendant did not show up for resulting in a bench warrant being issued. One was a motion hearing for an inmate to reduce his sentence which was denied.

Judges also denied the release of six inmates.

In total there were 16 defendants that had cases. A majority of the cases were for bond review hearings. You can read about each case on dcwitness.org.

Leonard Smith was released from a halfway house after parties were able to agree on conditions for release.

Smith, 30, is charged with first-degree murder while armed, and carrying a dangerous weapon (knife) for his alleged roll in the stabbing of 26-year-old Leonte Butler on the 4000 block of South Capitol St., SE, in March of 2017.