Preliminary Homicide Hearing Interrupted
On Oct. 11, during the second day of a homicide preliminary hearing, the proceeding was interrupted due to scheduling issues. Jaleil Jones, 18, is charged with first-degree murder while armed…
+ Read MoreOn Oct. 11, during the second day of a homicide preliminary hearing, the proceeding was interrupted due to scheduling issues. Jaleil Jones, 18, is charged with first-degree murder while armed…
+ Read MoreOn Oct. 6, a double homicide defendant accepted a plea offer extended by the prosecution. Alonzo Lewis, 38, was originally charged with two counts of first-degree murder while armed, three…
+ Read MoreOn Oct. 4, a homicide preliminary hearing was interrupted due to scheduling issues. Jaleil Jones, 18, is charged with first-degree murder while armed for his alleged involvement in the fatal…
+ Read MoreOn Oct. 3, a defendant decided to waive his right to a jury trial and accepted a plea offer on the morning his homicide trial was scheduled to begin. Niko…
+ Read MoreOn Sept. 25, a homicide defendant rejected a plea offer extended by prosecutors and DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt granted two motions from the government. Niko Hall, 31, one…
+ Read MoreOn Sept. 25, Aaron Brown asserted his right to independently test DNA evidence found at a crime scene in a hearing before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt. Brown, 27,…
+ Read MoreOn Sept. 22, Idrissa Fall rejected a plea offer extended by prosecutors in connection to a 2021 homicide. Fall, 36, is charged with first-degree murder while armed in a bias-related…
+ Read MoreOn Sept. 20, DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt continued a motion hearing to consider new evidence introduced by the defense. Kenneth Davis, 44, is charged with four counts of…
+ Read MoreOn Sept. 21, a homicide defendant was arraigned and pleaded not guilty to two charges before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt. Duron Hudson, 23, is charged with one count…
+ Read MoreOn Sept. 8, DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt sentenced a homicide defendant to seven years for her involvement in her best friend’s death. Ariel Cooper-White, 40, was originally charged…
+ Read MoreOn Aug. 25, a defense attorney for a murder defendant requested the sentencing date be moved because he wasn’t prepared for the proceeding. Shaka Haltiwanger, 24, was charged with second-degree…
+ Read MoreOn Aug. 16, DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt continued a preliminary hearing to review surveillance footage before ruling on probable cause in a 2023 homicide case. David Pena, 46,…
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