On May 30, prosecutors attempted to prove that a murder defendant is a flight risk and potentially dangerous to others at his detention hearing. Lavaughn Barnes, 32, is charged with…
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On May 26, Lavaughn Barnes, 32, pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder while armed despite confessing to the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) that he did it. Barnes is charged for…
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On March 24, DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun set a new trial date for a sex abuse case to accommodate a defense attorney’s recovery from surgery. The defendant is…
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On Jan. 13, during a felony status conference, an issue over an indictment led to the defense’s request for release of a murder defendant. The indictment deadline was initially set…
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During a Nov. 29 hearing, defense attorney Sweta Patel was dismissed from a murder defendant’s case due to the defendant requesting a new one. The defendant is now being represented…
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Parties presented their closing arguments in a first-degree murder trial. Robert Dean, 63, is charged with first-degree murder while armed for allegedly stabbing 38-year-old Tamiya White with a screwdriver on…
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A DC Superior Court judge continued a trial readiness hearing for a re-opened murder case. Mark Beasley, 48, was sentenced to 30 years for first-degree murder while armed in the…
+ Read MoreDuring initial hearings on Feb. 9, DC Superior Court Judge Judith Pipe heard 13 new cases. Of the 13 cases heard, one was a murder defendant and one was a…
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A DC Superior Court judge ruled that a homicide case had enough evidence to move to trial. Jerome Alexander is charged with first-degree murder while armed – felony murder (attempted…
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Amid the backlog created by a suspension of jury trials in the DC Superior Court due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a judge scheduled hearings for seven murder defendants. During the…
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A DC Superior court judge continued a Nov. 5 hearing to give the defense time to discuss a plea agreement. The 36-year-old defendant is charged with first-degree child sex abuse….
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A DC Superior Court judge presided over three pretrial and probation show cause hearings on Oct. 16. A felony domestic violence defendant charged with first-degree sex abuse came to court…
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