DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Bryant sentenced a defendant in a homicide case to 27 years in prison on Nov. Read more »

A shooting defendant’s lawyer said the Department of Behavior and Health (DBH) requested an additional 15 days to complete his client's mental competency evaluation in a hearing before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on March 28.  Ky’lee Palmer, 25, was convicted of second-degree murder while armed, possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, malicious destruction of property, and tampering with physical evidence. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt reissued an initial mental evaluation for a defendant convicted of first-degree murder on Feb. Read more »

Ky’lee Palmer was found guilty of murdering Barron Goodwin while his co-defendant Aaron Adgerson was acquitted before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on Sept. Read more »

Three closing arguments in a homicide case, presented by the prosecution and attorneys for two co-defendants, offered the jury conflicting interpretations of the facts in a trial before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on Sept. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt denied two defendants’ motions for judgment of acquittal on Sept. Read more »

A DNA expert witness testified that all the DNA evidence in a homicide trial was inconclusive in DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt’s courtroom on Sept. Read more »

The only individual who could identify the defendants in a homicide testified before a jury in DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt’s courtroom on Aug. Read more »

A homicide defendant’s ex-girlfriend, who is also his child’s mother, testified regarding their relationship and his alleged confession before a jury in DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt’s courtroom on Aug. Read more »

Parties delivered opening statements, and witnesses testified in a contentious homicide trial before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on Aug. Read more »

Ahead of a trial scheduled for August, pending motions, including a motion to sever a co-defendant trial, led an attorney to state that he could exculpate his client by proving the co-defendant was the shooter. Read more »

Homicide co-defendants waived their right to independent DNA testing before DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe in an April 23 hearing. Read more »

During a hearing on Sept. Read more »

Even though evidence weighed in the defendant’s favor, DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan granted the prosecution’s request for a pretrial hold to guarantee the community’s safety.  On Feb.12, 2020, Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) responded to a shooting on the 800 block of 51st Street, SE. Read more »

During a Jan. Read more »