DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park approved a request to transfer a homicide defendant back to the District and hold him at the DC Jail on Nov. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park allowed a homicide co-defendant to complete his sentence at the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) during a status hearing on April 29. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park denied multiple motions for severance requested by three homicide co-defendants in a high profile case on April 2.  Johnny Wilkins, 34, Marcel Gavin, 37, Kharee Jackson, 31, Earl Robinson, 32, and Darryl Little, 30, are charged with three counts of first-degree murder while armed, premeditated first-degree murder while armed, assault with intent to kill, assault with significant bodily injury while armed, three counts of robbery while armed, nine counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, and conspiracy for their alleged involvement in a mass shooting that resulted in the death of 21-year-old Albert Smith, Jr. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park denied a defense motion to sever one co-defendant from the other four in a fatal mass shooting case on Feb. Read more »

C Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe denied July 10 a second motion filed by the defense to reconsider release conditions for a murder and robbery defendant on July 10. Read more »

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The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced additional arrests in connection to a homicide that occurred on June 14, 2020 on the 1300 block of Congress Street, SE. Read more »

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In a July 10 hearing, four of five homicide defendants pleaded not guilty. Read more »

The primary medical examiner in a triple-homicide said she didn't prepare testimony in the case because medical problems interfered with her right state of mind in a trial before DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz on June 3.  Jalonte Thompkins, 34, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder while armed, three counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, and unlawful possession of a firearm with a prior conviction greater than a year for his alleged involvement in the fatal shooting of three brothers, 34-year-old James Morgan, 30-year-old Jamal Morgan, and 42-year-old Vincent Martin on Aug. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan ruled that there was probable cause and reason to hold a homicide defendant during a preliminary hearing on April 9.  Javonte Robinson, 28, is charged with first-degree murder while armed for his alleged involvement in a June 2, 2025 shooting that fatally injured 33-year-old Kalil Brown on the 1200 block of Raum Street, NE. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Andrea Hertzfeld set a deadline for the prosecution to turn over any remaining evidence in a stabbing case to the defense on March 30. Read more »