DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan denied a homicide defendant’s motion for release on Dec. Read more »

The defense presented their only witness, the defendant, to tell his side of the story in a murder trial in front of DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein on Nov. Read more »

On day two of a murder trial, the prosecution built its argument with surveillance footage of the incident and offering testimony from four witnesses before DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein on Nov. Read more »

Prosecutors displayed a homicide defendant's text message that read, "I might go to jail,” to a jury before DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein on Nov. Read more »

An attorney for a homicide defendant argued that photos and a video the prosecution planned to use in trial were too upsetting to show to a jury in a hearing before DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan on Oct. Read more »

One defendant in a fatal shooting case filed a motion to continue trial during an Oct. Read more »

One of two homicide co-defendants waived his rights to independently test DNA evidence recovered from a crime scene based on two search warrants before DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan a Sept. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan told parties she needed additional time to reconsider a co-defendant’s motion to sever during an Aug. Read more »

On April 9, DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan denied a homicide defendant’s request to sever his case from a co-defendant.  Rafeal Stevens, 39, and Jermall Johnson, 40, are charged with premeditated first-degree murder while armed, attempted robbery - felony murder, five counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, and unlawful possession of a firearm, among other charges, for their alleged involvement in the shooting death of 50-year-old Aniekobo Umoh on Dec. Read more »

On March 29, homicide co-defendants filed a motion for severance before DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan.  Rafael Stevens, 39, and Jermall Johnson, 40, are charged with premeditated first-degree murder while armed, attempted robbery - felony murder, five counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, and unlawful possession of a firearm, among other charges, for their alleged involvement in the shooting death of 50-year-old Aniekobo Umoh on Dec. Read more »

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Metropolitan Police Department detectives have made an additional arrest in connection to a homicide that occurred on Dec. Read more »