Trial Begins for 2021 Double Homicide
On July 10, opening statements and witness testimony were presented in a 2021 double-homicide trial before DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun. Jalen Browne, 21, is charged with first-degree murder…
+ Read More
On July 10, opening statements and witness testimony were presented in a 2021 double-homicide trial before DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun. Jalen Browne, 21, is charged with first-degree murder…
+ Read More
In a May 31 hearing, prosecutors and defense attorneys presented different views about how an argument escalated into a shooting. Davida Johnson, 25, is accused of assault with a dangerous…
+ Read More
Ayoola Fadahunsi is a student at Brown University, double majoring in International and Public Affairs and English. As a first-generation Nigerian-American, she has always been interested in the intersections of…
+ Read More
Following a mistrial, defense attorneys for Alphonso Walker filed a motion with the DC Court of Appeals regarding DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt’s denial of their motion to dismiss…
+ Read More
On May 12, DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt set a new trial date for a double homicide case following a mistrial on May 10. Alphonso Walker, 45, is charged…
+ Read More
DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt admitted she erred in not telling jurors that testimony from a key prosecution witness in a double murder trial was “inadmissible hearsay.” “I will…
+ Read More
On May 9, defense attorneys for murder suspect Alphonso Walker filed for a mistrial alleging misconduct after prosecutors elicited a potentially prejudicial statement from a witness. Walker, 45, is charged…
+ Read More
Whether a weapon introduced as evidence matches the gun used to kill two murder victims was hotly debated during an ongoing trial before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on…
+ Read More
As a double homicide trial continued before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt, on May 3, an eyewitness testified about receiving an emotional phone call from inside the house where the killings…
+ Read More
The owner of a home where a double murder took place testified in a May 2 hearing before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt he was in the house when…
+ Read More
The defense disparaged a key eyewitness’s credibility in a murder trial after revealing inconsistencies in her testimony, and citing her prior conviction for perjury. Alphonso Walker, 45, is charged with…
+ Read More
On April 27, the defense attempted to show Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) detectives’ failure to probe other suspects during the investigation for a double homicide case. Alphonso Walker, 45, is…
+ Read More