In what the prosecution says was a murder by mistake, a 57-year-old defendant was sentenced to 29 years in prison in a hearing before DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson on May 23.  The term means Guy Johnson will most likely die in jail. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson delayed a jury trial in a shooting to allow time to discuss the prosecution’s motion to suppress testimony from a defense witness on April 21. Read more »

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DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson ruled on April 4 that the prosecution established probable cause to send Quateze Moore's case to a grand jury. Read more »

Editor's note: Aaron Murchison was acquitted of all charges by a jury on Feb. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson found probable cause that a defendant was the perpetrator in a homicide during a Jan. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson found probable cause that a defendant was the perpetrator in a fatal arson during a hearing on Jan. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson found probable cause that a defendant was the perpetrator in a homicide but allowed him to be released, during a hearing on Jan. Read more »

Editor's note: Aaron Murchison was acquitted of all charges by a jury on Feb. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Micheal O’Keefe requested additional time to make a ruling on a shooting defendant’s probation revocation, following his arrest in connection to another shooting.  Jordan Therman, 25, was originally charged with three counts of assault with intent to kill, aggravated assault knowingly while armed, four counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, and two counts of unlawful possession of ammunition, for his involvement in a non-fatal shooting at a Shell Gas Station on the 4700 block of South Capitol Street, SE. Read more »

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DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson continued a motion hearing for a 2021 homicide case as she waits for the defendant to be released from quarantine at the DC Jail.  William Davenport, 29, is charged with first-degree murder while armed for allegedly shooting 27-year-old Leonard Turner on May 14, 2021, on the 400 block of 2nd St, NW. Read more »

A pretrial detainee in a murder case requested a DC Superior Court judge to allow him to be temporarily released so that he may attend his three-year-old son’s funeral. Read more »

A homicide defendant who had been previously set to go to trial in late March chose to take a plea deal instead. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge released a sex abuse defendant into the High Intensity Supervision Program on Nov. Read more »