A jury in DC Superior Court Justice Rainey Brandt’s courtroom heard opening statements and multiple witness testimonies on Sept. Read more »

DC Superior Judge Deborah Israel paused court proceedings to review the legality of a plea offer extended by the prosecution on July 11. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan granted prosecutors' request to delay a trial just as arguments were set to begin because the victim, who is the prosecution's key witness, was in the hospital on Aug. Read more »

Editor’s note: On Aug. Read more »

In an ongoing three co-defendant murder, conspiracy case, DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt denied a defense motion to acquit the trio. Read more »

Metropolitan Police Department detectives are investigating a traffic fatality that killed two people at the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue, Northeast. Read more »

It was a little more than seven hours to midnight on New Year's Eve when Arrington Lassiter asked a question that brought a group of 9 laughing and playing girls to an abrupt mute. Read more »

The Metropolitan Police Department has reclassified the death of Kenneth Jackson as justifiable homicide, and the case has been closed. Read more »

A stabbing defendant waived his right to a preliminary hearing on Aug. Read more »

An armed carjacking defendant accepted a plea offer before DC Superior Court Judge Jennifer Di Toro on July 8 who granted him pre-sentencing release. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman told a homicide defendant’s attorney he’d consider their argument that he is not mentally competent to stand trial during a July 1 hearing.  Daniel Simon, 44, is charged with second-degree murder and carrying a pistol without a license for his alleged involvement in the fatal beating of Michael Jones, 52, on the 200 block of 15th Street, NW, on Jan. Read more »

A defendant pleaded guilty to two charges resulting from a carjacking incident and two other cases in front of DC Superior Court Judge Jenifer Di Toro on June 23. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Jennifer Di Toro released a carjacking defendant to home confinement but held her co-defendant in a hearing on April 14. Read more »

A defendant charged in a carjacking case waived his right to a preliminary hearing before DC Superior Court Judge Dorsey Jones on Feb. Read more »

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