Homicide Case Prepares for New Trial
A DC Superior Court judge scheduled another trial readiness hearing to allow parties time to determine if it would be feasible to hold a jury trial this coming July for…
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A DC Superior Court judge scheduled another trial readiness hearing to allow parties time to determine if it would be feasible to hold a jury trial this coming July for…
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A DC Superior Court judge continued a trial readiness hearing for a re-opened murder case. Mark Beasley, 48, was sentenced to 30 years for first-degree murder while armed in the…
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On Nov. 13, a DC Superior Court judge scheduled hearings for four murder defendants. Judge Michael Ryan vacated a status hearing for Mark Beasley’s re-opened murder case. In 2017, the…
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There were 12 homicides in October 2017 and nine cases were resolved. Here is our monthly wrap-up of cases covered in October. Homicides Of the 12 homicides, ten of them…
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There were twelve homicides in the month of July, and three cases were put to rest with a guilty verdict or plea. Though there were the same number of homicides…
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In the two-and-a-half years that D.C. Witness has been tracking homicides, there have only been five jury trials resulting in a guilty verdict. This summer saw a lot of cases…
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After three weeks of testimony, a guilty verdict was delivered in the trial of Mark Beasley, on all five of the charges. A jury found Beasley, 44, guilty of first-degree…
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Before the trial against Mark Beasley began, the prosecution brought in two homicide detectives to cement Beasley’s role in the murder of Darryn Conte. Beasley, 42, allegedly shot and killed…
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A trial for the man charged with the murder of Darryn Conte will go ahead as planned next month. Mark Beasley, 42, has been charged with first-degree murder for allegedly fatally shooting…
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On Oct. 11, parties delivered their closing arguments in a 2020 hit-and-run homicide case before DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan. Eric Beasley, 32, is charged with first-degree murder for…
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On Oct. 3, prosecutors continued their case in a vehicular homicide before DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan. Eric Beasley, 32, is charged with first-degree murder for his alleged involvement…
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On Oct. 2, parties delivered opening statements and witnesses were called before DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan in a hit-and-run homicide case. Eric Beasley, 32, is charged with first-degree…
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