Dominique Winters, the defense attorney for Christian Johnson, told DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz on March 14 that her client had rejected a plea deal offered by the prosecution and plans to file for dismissal on based on the prosecutor's conduct. Read more »

On April 12, DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun reviewed a defense motion to modify a homicide defendant’s release conditions for family reasons.  Christian Johnson, 33, is charged with first-degree murder while armed, possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, carrying a pistol without a license outside a home or business, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a prior convict, for his alleged involvement in the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Lavonte McCould on Nov. Read more »

On April 1, DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun denied an agency’s request to revoke a homicide defendant’s pretrial release.  Christian Johnson, 33, is charged with first-degree murder while armed, possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, carrying a pistol without a license outside a home or business, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a prior convict, for his alleged involvement in the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Lavonte McCould on Nov. Read more »

On Oct.13, a defendant waived his right to independently test evidence for DNA recovered from a homicide case. Read more »

A trial date was set in a homicide case two months after the defendant was released on a technicality. Read more »