DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt sentenced a homicide defendant to 27 years after hearing emotional statements from the victim’s family as well as the defendant's in a hearing on April 4. Read more »

A jury found Amard Jefferson guilty on all five counts in a murder trial before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on Dec. Read more »

Parties delivered closing arguments during a hearing on Dec. Read more »

During cross examination, a defense attorney for a murder defendant extracted confessions of lying to police from a key witness in a murder trial. Read more »

During cross-examination, the defense pointed out apparent contradictions in an eyewitness’ testimony at different times during the investigation of a murder before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on Dec. Read more »

A witness testified that he saw a possible murder suspect crouch near a drainpipe and drop something inside in a trial before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on Dec. Read more »

During openings, a murder defendant’s attorney claimed that the victim and her friends were “three home invaders [who] began to assault and terrorize” the defendant and his girlfriend in a Dec. Read more »

Defense attorneys Jason Clark and Gemma Stevens requested independent DNA testing on two evidentiary samples in an April 11 homicide case hearing. Read more »

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After three days of preliminary hearings, DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun found probable cause in a 2021 homicide case.  Amard Jefferson, 23, is charged with second-degree murder while armed for allegedly shooting his girlfriend’s friend, 20-year-old Kendall Brown, on Aug. Read more »

On July 25, the preliminary hearing for a homicide defendant continued with defense attorney Jason Clark questioning the lead detective of the investigation on his interviews with each witness and their potential bias.  Amard Jefferson, 23, is charged with second-degree murder while armed in connection to the Aug. Read more »

A detective for the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said the gun connected to a 2021 homicide was found a few blocks away from the shooting during a preliminary hearing on July 22.  Amard Jefferson, 23, is charged with second-degree murder while armed in connection to the Aug. Read more »

A murder defendant’s defense lawyer requested more time to review the evidence he received from the prosecution. Read more »

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A DC Superior Court judge held a homicide defendant during presentments on Aug. Read more »