After considering several factors, including a fatal shooting during the daylight hours and an active dispute between young men in differing neighborhoods, a superior court judge found both defendants charged…
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A man has been arrested in connection with a shooting that led to Maleak Coffin’s death. Derrick Hart, 22, was arrested on Jan. 2 for allegedly shooting Coffin and was…
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Social media evidence was presented to jurors in a co-defendant homicide, conspiracy trial before DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun on July 1 revealing the presence of firearms in the…
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During the second day of trial for a multi-codefendant homicide case, the prosecution brought seven witnesses to the stand before DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun. One of the witnesses,…
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On Dec. 12, a victim’s family walked out of court as a DC Superior Court judge was handing down sentences to two murder defendants. Robert Washington and Derrick Hart plead…
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During a status hearing June 21, two defendants in a murder trial pleaded guilty to murder. Codefendants Robert Washington, 22, and Derrick Hart, 23, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter while…
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During a status hearing April 11, the prosecution in a murder case requested more time to receive DNA results. Co-defendants Robert Washington and Derrick Hart are charged with first-degree murder…
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Another man was arrested on Jan. 18 in connection with a shooting that resulted in the homicide of a 22-year-old. Robert Handsome Washington, a resident of Southeast D.C., was arrested…
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Three days after being found shot, a 22 year-old man died of his injuries the day after Christmas, 2017. Police responded to a report of a shooting on the 2900…
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