During an April 5 court proceeding, the prosecution asked for a continuance to finish reviewing four to five hundred documents related to a murder retrial. Eugene Burns, 31, is charged…
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A hearing held in child sex abuse case confirmed a defendant’s arrival at Federal Correctional Institution. Raymond Diggs, 37, was originally charged with five counts of first-degree child sex abuse,…
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A judge continued a sentencing for a sexual assault defendant during a Sept. 15 hearing. Raymond Diggs was originally charged with five counts of first-degree child sex abuse, enticing a…
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In a July 26 hearing, a homicide defendant demanded new attorneys. Daryl Thompson, 33, also known as Darryl Tompkims, is indicted on 14 charges, including two counts of first-degree murder…
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A homicide defendant refused to proceed with a June 27 status conference unless the judge agreed to appoint him new attorneys. Daryl Thompson, also known as Darryl Tompkims, is indicted…
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A DC Superior Court judge sentenced a defendant on felony sex abuse charges for forcing himself on a woman in her Kingman Park neighborhood apartment. Richard Goodwin came to the…
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In August 2020, the reversal of a murder conviction rippled through the DC Superior Court, touching enough cases that the defendant’s last name became like jargon. Now, parties are preparing…
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This case was acquitted on Nov. 9, 2022. A DC Superior Court judge arraigned a defendant on charges of second-degree murder while armed, possessing a firearm during a crime of…
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A woman implored a DC Superior Court judge to impose a harsher sentence than what was outlined in the plea deal for the man convicted of killing her brother. On…
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A man charged for his alleged role in a fatal stabbing that his counsel has described as self-defense received a plea offer from the prosecution. On April 10, 2020, police…
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A man charged with manslaughter in his father’s death was scheduled to go to trial next year. On Sept. 11, 2020, 49-year-old Stephen Macgruder was fatally shot in his apartment…
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A DC Superior Court judge sentenced a man to prison for sexually abusing a family member when she was approximately nine years old. During the proceedings, a prosecutor spoke to…
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