One of the defendants who was charged in the fatal shootings of 21-year-old Michael Taylor and 21-year-old Dion DeMarco Boyd made a deal with prosecutors to plead guilty to a lesser homicide offense in the case of Taylor's death and a non-homicide offense in the case of Boyd's death. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge granted a request to change the date of a murder trial due to a defense attorney’s scheduling conflict. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge denied a murder defendant's fourth release request. Read more »

On June 23, a DC Superior Court judge scheduled another trial readiness hearing in a homicide case with two co-defendants. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge scheduled earlier trial dates for a homicide case with four co-defendants on June 23.  Stephon Evans, 21, Alonzo Brown, 21, Tavist Alston, 25, and Naquel Henderson, 22, are charged with first-degree murder while armed in the shooting of 22-year-old Michael Taylor on the 1700 block of Benning Road, NE, on Jan. Read more »

During the April 7 proceedings, Evan’s defense attorney, Joseph Caleb ,told Judge Milton Lee that Evans requested new counsel, so he will be withdrawing from the case.  Stephon Evans, 19, and his codefendant, Kewon Hunter are charged in connection with the shooting of 21-year-old Dion DeMarco Boyd on July 30, 2018, on the 1400 block of Maryland Avenue, NE.  Parties agreed to set a status date so that the defendant would have time to find new counsel. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge scheduled a four co-defendants in a homicide case to go to before a jury in 2023. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge continued a March 12 trial readiness hearing for a murder case.  Kewon Hunter, 19, is charged with first-degree murder while armed, conspiracy, possession of a firearm during a crime of violence and carrying a pistol without a license. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge scheduled trial readiness hearings for four of the five defendants charged in connection with a 2019 homicide. Read more »

On Nov. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge issued three bench warrants, detained one defendant, terminated two probations and released five individuals during pretrial and probation show cause hearings on Sept. Read more »

The DC Department of Correction's (DC DOC) response to the coronavirus has sparked numerous questions about what the department is doing to keep workers and inmates healthy. Read more »

After four days of deliberation, a jury convicted a man of a murder that happened 12 years ago. Read more »

During a status hearing on Feb. Read more »

During closing arguments of a jury trial, a prosecutor asked the jury not to decide a murder defendant's fate based on doubts that come from speculation. Read more »