On April 30, judges at the DC Superior Courthouse released five inmates.
There were three hearings that were not in relation to emergency releases because of COVID-19. Two sentencings that were not called and one bond review hearing where no action was taken.
Only one bench warrant was issued for Deshawn Bobb who was scheduled for a probation show cause hearing.
One defendant withdrew his motion for release and a judge ordered an competency examination of another.
Anthony Mason’s case was not called
Joshua Simmons had his fugitive from justice charge dropped.
Judges did not deny any releases on April 30.
In total there were 13 defendants that had cases. A majority of the cases were for bond review hearings. You can read about each case on dcwitness.org.
Tizer Muse, who was sentenced to 30 years in prison for felony murder while armed, in 1998, was released and will now do an undisclosed term of probation.
