Fatal Stabbing Defendant Waives Preliminary Hearing
A homicide defendant waived his right to a preliminary hearing in front of DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe on Nov. 19. Robert Stringer, 56, is charged with first degree…
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A homicide defendant waived his right to a preliminary hearing in front of DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe on Nov. 19. Robert Stringer, 56, is charged with first degree…
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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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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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A homicide defendant accepted a plea agreement extended by prosecutors before DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan on Nov. 1. Michael Grayton, 42, was charged with first-degree murder while armed…
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A murder defendant was denied modified release conditions to pursue job and education opportunities in a hearing before DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun on Oct. 31. Jahi Settles, 23,…
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A homicide defendant waived his rights to independently test DNA evidence, despite it showing a strong likelihood that blood belonging to the defendant and the victim was found in multiple…
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DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein denied a defendant’s request to be transferred back to St. Elizabeths Hospital during a hearing on Oct. 29. Asmerom Ghebrekidan, 53, is charged with…
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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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A homicide defendant’s attorney requested DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein transfer his client from the DC Jail to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital on Oct. 25, claiming that the defendant is…
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DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan sentenced a murder and robbery defendant to 16-and-a-half years of incarceration with all but 14 years suspended, during a hearing on Oct. 25. On…
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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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