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On July 5, defense attorneys for a homicide defendant requested a global plea to encompass two cases pending against the same person. Idrissa Fall, 36, is charged with first degree…
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On June 23, DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan accepted a plea deal in the shooting death of 37-year-old Malik Muhammad at the hands of Reginald Turner. Turner, 38, pled…
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On June 22, DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan found probable cause that Garland T. Davis, a repeat offender dating back to 1977, is responsible for the stabbing death of…
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In a June 13 hearing, DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park sentenced Cornell Smith, 19, to four years in prison in keeping with a plea deal for an attempt to…
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DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan revoked Amarii Fontanelle’s release status in a May 17 hearing following reports he’d recently been arrested in Upper Marlboro, Md. and also faces a…
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The validity of an Instagram photo was debated at a hearing before DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan March 17. The prosecution introduced a social media post suggesting that murder…
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After a two-day preliminary hearing, a judge found probable cause that the defendant could have committed a double homicide. Amarii Fontanelle, 19, is charged with first-degree murder while armed for…
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Overall, January 2023 saw a 36 percent increase from December 2022 in the number of total homicides and non-fatal shootings. However, in terms of the number of homicides alone, January…
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DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein found in a preliminary hearing on Jan. 31 that there was substantial probability that a jury could convict a defendant of murder. Tyriq Williams,…
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A homicide defendant began a hearing on Nov. 17 by stating that he has been beaten while incarcerated. Marcus Barringer, 31, is charged with second-degree murder while armed in connection…
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A 27-year-old man was sentenced at the DC Superior Court Sept. 21 for sexually abusing a woman in her apartment. Artez Powell was convicted of fourth-degree sexual abuse and first-degree…
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Parties delivered their closing arguments in a homicide trial on Sept. 15. Edward Brown, 61, is charged with first-degree murder while armed and robbery while armed of a senior citizen…
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