A defense attorney accused prosecutors of procrastinating on a plea offer and asked for his client to be returned to a treatment facility during a hearing for a three-defendant murder…
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On May 12, DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt showed her support and pride in a murder defendant’s full compliance with court-ordered release conditions. William Davenport, 30, is charged with…
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Two of the three co-defendants charged with first-degree murder requested to pursue a voided plea deal on April 25. Prosecutors said the wired plea agreement was retracted when Keith Baham…
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DC Superior Court Judge Brandt granted a motion to continue a murder trial to August 2024. William Davenport, 30, is charged with first-degree murder while armed for allegedly shooting 27-year-old…
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A DC Superior Court judge presided over 12 pretrial and probation show cause hearings on Oct. 26. She issued eight bench warrants for the arrests of defendants who did not…
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On April 23, judges at the DC Superior Courthouse released six inmates, keeping two at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, DC’s psychiatric institution. Four defendants’ bond review hearings were carried for a…
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A judge continued a trial readiness hearing to allow parties to agree on which jail calls to use during trial. Together, the calls span more than four hours. Raymond Avent,…
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A mistrial was declared after a weeklong murder trial for a defendant who was accused of killing a friend. Leonard Smith, 33 is charged with second-degree murder for allegedly stabbing Leonte Butler,…
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During a felony status conference Sept. 16, a murder defendant hired a new private attorney to represent him. Raymond Avent, 19, is charged with first-degree murder while armed for allegedly…
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Three murder defendants received decades-long sentences for their roles in the fatal stabbing of a man in the northeast quadrant of the District of Columbia. Co-defendants Charles McRae, Willie Glover,…
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D.C. Superior Court Judge Craig Iscoe said police officers did not coerce murder defendant Willie Glover when they took statements from him at the hospital.
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There were 12 homicides in October 2017 and nine cases were resolved. Here is our monthly wrap-up of cases covered in October. Homicides Of the 12 homicides, ten of them…
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