Though DNA evidence is often considered the “gold standard,” records show other forms of evidence result in slightly more murder convictions.  D.C. Read more »

Two among five former co-defendants accepted plea deals less than a month prior to their scheduled trial before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on Aug. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park granted the release of co-defendants Darryl Little and Marcel Gavin on July 22 while they await sentencing after a guilty plea.  Gavin, 39, Little, 32, John Wilkins, 36, Earl Robinson, 34, and Kharee Jackson, 33, are charged in connection with their alleged involvement in the fatal shooting of Albert Smith Jr., 21, and the robbery and assault of three additional victims on the 1300 block of Congress Street, SE on June 14, 2020.  According to a release from the U.S. Read more »

A defendant accused of stabbing a correctional officer told DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan on July 17 that other officers reportedly are assaulting him in retaliation. Read more »

Before DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson, a homicide defendant rejected a plea offer that would resolve two of his cases on March 9.  Jordan Therman, 27, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder while armed, robbery, three counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convict for his alleged involvement in the fatal shooting of 33-year-old Denzel Greenwood. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman sentenced a defendant who fatally shot his classmate to 18 years in prison on Feb. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan sentenced a homicide defendant to 26 years in prison on Feb. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Ryan denied a jail stabbing defendant’s request to dismiss his attorney at a hearing on Feb. Read more »

A murder defendant's trial was postponed after his fifth attorney left the case before DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan on Feb. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan partially granted a homicide defendant’s motion to sever his charges on Jan. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman sentenced a defendant to seven years imprisonment on Jan. Read more »

A defendant representing himself in a hit-and-run dismissed his fifth standby attorney in 16 months before DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman at a status hearing on Jan. Read more »

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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 »

A homicide victim’s friend and neighbor testified about her knowledge of the incident in a trial before DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan on Nov. Read more »