After nearly two months following the guilty verdicts of co-defendants James Mayfield and Robert A. Read more »

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A DC Superior Court judge granted the defense’s motion to add another lawyer to a murder defendant’s legal team during a status hearing on July 26.  Clinton Womack is charged with first-degree murder while armed for allegedly shooting 45-year-old Terry Crutchfield on the 1500 block of Olive Street, NE in 2016. Read more »

During a trial readiness hearing on May 29, a DC Superior Court judge denied the defense’s motion to exclude photographs that featured a murder defendant holding what appeared to be the murder weapon. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson found the prosecution had sufficient evidence to find probable cause for second-degree murder while armed in a shooting case on Aug. Read more »

A jury found a domestic homicide defendant guilty on all charges before DC Superior Court Judge Park on July 16.  Wonell Jones Jr., 38, is charged with premeditated first-degree murder while armed, possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, and two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm with a prior a crime of violence, for his involvement in the fatal shooting of the mother of two of his children, 33-year-old Audora Williams. Read more »

Both parties presented their closing arguments for a domestic violence related fatal shooting case before DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan on July 15.  Wonell Jones Jr., 38, is charged with first-degree premeditated murder while armed, possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, and two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm with a prior conviction for a crime of violence for his alleged involvement in the fatal shooting of 33-year-old Audora Williams on July 19, 2022, at 2900 block of Knox Place, SE.  Medical examiners stated in their records that Williams sustained 52 gunshot wounds or defects. Read more »

The prosecution called multiple witnesses, including a murder defendant’s son, then resting their case in a trial before DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan on July 14.  Wonell Jones Jr., 38, is charged with first-degree murder while armed, two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm with a prior crime of violence, and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence for his alleged involvement in the fatal shooting of 33-year-old Audora Williams, who is the mother of two of his children.  This incident occurred on the 2900 block of Knox Place, SE, on July 19, 2022. Read more »

The son of a homicide defendant testified as an eyewitness in a trial before DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan on July 13.  Wonell Jones Jr., 38, is charged with first-degree murder while armed, possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, and two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm by a convict. Read more »

A now 14-year-old child testified to hearing the gunshots that reportedly killed his mother during a murder trial before DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan on July 9. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan declared a mistrial on the first day of a fatal shooting trial on July 7.  Wonell Jones Jr., 38, is charged with first-degree murder while armed, two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm with a prior crime of violence, and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence. Read more »

A jury in DC Superior Court’s Danya Dayson’s courtroom convicted one homicide co-defendant and acquitted the other on June 5. Read more »

Parties in a homicide retrial debated the credibility of the prosecution’s key witness in closing arguments on June 3 before DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson. Read more »

Prosecutors in a murder case argued for the inclusion of protective orders the victim filed against the defendant as evidence before DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan on June 3.  Wonnell Jones Jr., 38, is charged with first-degree murder while armed, possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, and two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm with a prior conviction for a crime of violence for his alleged involvement in the fatal shooting of 33-year-old Audora Williams on the 2900 block of Knox Place, SE, on July 19, 2022. Read more »