A staffing shortage at the DC Jail kept a shooting co-defendant from appearing in court to accept or reject a plea deal before DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park on Oct. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park denied multiple defense motions that would suppress the prosecution’s accumulation of evidence leading up to a three co-defendant trial on June 27. Read more »

Shooting co-defendants waived their rights to independent evidence testing in a hearing before DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park on June 27. 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 »

Three shooting co-defendants alerted DC Superior Court Judge Michael O'Keefe that they plan to file motions to sever their cases, during a hearing on Oct. 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 »

On March 8, DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe issued a DNA testing order in a homicide case.  Purnell Jackson, 37, Kharee Jackson, 24, and Charles Turner, 36, are charged with eight counts of assault with intent to kill, conspiracy, carjacking, and burglary, among other charges, for their alleged involvement in a drive-by shooting that left three people injured. 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 »