DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt heard closing arguments on Nov. Read more »

A witness, identified as both a friend of the victim's and the defendant's, testified about an ongoing feud between rival neighborhoods that may have inspired a murder and a series of shootings before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on Oct. Read more »

A jailed witness testified about a defendant in a teen homicide, serial shooting case before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on Oct. Read more »

Surveillance footage of a vehicle involved in a 2020 fatal shooting case was presented to the jury before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on Oct. Read more »

Footage used in the investigation of a fatal shooting was shown before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on Oct. Read more »

A forensics' analyst appeared before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on Sept. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt heard testimony from eyewitnesses and police investigators in a homicide trial on Sept. Read more »

Prosecutors presented a series of photographs, videos, and eyewitness testimonies allegedly showing a drive-by shooting and suspects abandoning their vehicle before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt in an ongoing homicide trial on Sept. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt heard prosecution testimony from a neighbor that spotted a suspect vehicle said to be used in a murder and a GPS tracking specialist in trial on Sept. Read more »

Responding to defense attorney Destiny Fullwood-Singh's request to withdraw from Aaron Brown's case, DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt agreed on April 28 to appoint a second attorney to hold meetings with Brown during the month leading up to his sentencing. Read more »

One of the defendants charged for the shootings that killed 13-year-old Malachi Lukes accepted a plea offer from the prosecution and pleaded guilty to assault with intent to kill while armed before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on Dec. Read more »

A mass shooting defendant indicated his intention to reject a plea offer in a Nov. Read more »

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DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt sentenced Tyiion Freeman to 108 years incarceration and Koran Jackson to 164 years on Sept. Read more »

Following a multi-month long trial, a jury in DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt’s courtroom convicted three individuals for their involvement in a conspiracy, murder, and multiple non-fatal shootings on July 10.  Koran Jackson, 23, Tyiion Kyree Freeman, 24, and Stephen Nelson, 22, are three of five individuals charged with conspiracy, first-degree murder while armed, assault with the intent to kill while armed, carrying a pistol without a license, and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence in connection to the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Malachi Lukes on March 1, 2020, on the 600 block of S Street, NW. Read more »