Judge Finds Sex Abuse Defendant Competent to Stand Trial
During a June 21 hearing, DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt found a sex abuse defendant competent to stand trial. On Feb. 12, 2020, the defendant was indicted on one…
+ Read MoreDuring a June 21 hearing, DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt found a sex abuse defendant competent to stand trial. On Feb. 12, 2020, the defendant was indicted on one…
+ Read MoreA DC Superior Court judge found probable cause in the case of a deadly January shooting in a Bellevue neighborhood residence. Jinard Kearney, 35, is currently charged with second-degree murder…
+ Read MoreA DC Superior Court judge released a murder defendant from DC Jail at the end of a preliminary hearing. On the evening of Jan. 19, 2021, Metropolitan Police Department officers…
+ Read MoreA DC Superior Court judge sentenced a homicide defendant in accordance with a joint recommendation by the prosecuting and defense attorneys. Dedan Williams was initially charged with second-degree murder while…
+ Read MoreThe defendant accused of murdering 48-year-old Ivan Lynch was removed from the courtroom during the eighth day of his trial. Prosecutors allege that Marquette Jordan stabbed Lynch to death during…
+ Read MoreA DC Superior Court judge denied a motion to suppress evidence as attorneys in the case of 48-year-old Ivan Lynch‘s homicide prepare for trial. Marquette Jordan is charged with first-degree…
+ Read MoreA DC Superior Court judge released a homicide defendant less than one month after the deadly shooting at the center of the case occurred. On the night of March 8,…
+ Read MoreA DC Superior Court judge agreed to lessen the pretrial release conditions imposed on a man accused of killing his partner’s one-year-old child. On May 16, 2018, emergency personnel responded…
+ Read MoreA judge scheduled a murder defendant to go to trial in May 2023. Parties estimate it will last three weeks. On April 15, 2020, 28-year-old Shantal Hill was found on…
+ Read MoreHearings for multiple cases were canceled at the DC Superior Court due to the DC Jail seeing their largest COVID-19 outbreak since the pandemic began, according to government data. As…
+ Read MoreA DC Superior Court judge continued a hearing in a murder case so she could have time to look over outstanding motions filed by four of the five co-defendants. Tyiion…
+ Read MoreA DC Superior Court judge agreed to appoint new counsel for a murder defendant who said he was displeased with his lawyer’s work in his case. Herman Williams is charged…
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