Murder defendant, Rafeal Stevens, 40, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter before DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman on April 14. Stevens was also convicted of possession of a firearm during…
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DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman denied a homicide defendant’s request for release on Jan. 22. Rafael Stevens, 40, is charged with voluntary manslaughter and possession of a firearm during…
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DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan denied a homicide defendant’s motion for release on Dec. 3. Rafeal Stevens, 39, is charged with voluntary manslaughter and was convicted of possession of…
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A jury in DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein’s courtroom was unable to reach a unanimous verdict on two charges in a murder trial on Nov. 12. In the wake…
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Parties presented conflicting accounts of the fatal interaction between the victim and the defendant in their closing arguments in a murder trial before DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein on…
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The defense presented their only witness, the defendant, to tell his side of the story in a murder trial in front of DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein on Nov….
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On day two of a murder trial, the prosecution built its argument with surveillance footage of the incident and offering testimony from four witnesses before DC Superior Court Judge Anthony…
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Prosecutors displayed a homicide defendant’s text message that read, “I might go to jail,” to a jury before DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein on Nov. 5. Rafael Stevens, 39,…
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DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan denied a defendant’s request to exclude, or limit, the medical examiner’s testimony during trial in a Nov. 1 hearing. Rafeal Stevens, 39, is charged…
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During a hearing on Oct. 28, DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan ruled on motions regarding an upcoming murder trial including that graphic body-worn camera footage of the victim’s death…
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An attorney for a homicide defendant argued that photos and a video the prosecution planned to use in trial were too upsetting to show to a jury in a hearing…
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One defendant in a fatal shooting case filed a motion to continue trial during an Oct. 15 hearing before DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan. In response, his co-defendant asked…
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