Defendant Pleads Not Guilty to First-Degree Murder
During an Oct. 20 hearing, a murder defendant pleaded not guilty to three counts connected to a murder in 2021. Mussye Rezene, 29, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder…
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During an Oct. 20 hearing, a murder defendant pleaded not guilty to three counts connected to a murder in 2021. Mussye Rezene, 29, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder…
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DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun set a new trial date for a murder defendant who has spent 7 years in pretrial confinement. Stanley Moghalu, 35, is charged with first-degree…
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DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt stressed the importance of filing motions on time to prevent a delay in trial. Co-defendants Maurice Johnson, 23, and 21-year-old Jermaine Harris are charged…
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A murder defendant gets a new date for his retrial. Chad Hawthorne, 41, is charged with first-degree murder while armed, possessing a firearm during a crime of violence and unlawful…
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DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun addressed several attorneys’ motions to withdraw and potential counsel conflicts in a 2018 drive-by shooting case. Codefendants Qujuan Thomas, 23, and Gregory Taylor, 26,…
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A family member of a victim killed in a deadly hit-and-run expressed frustration over the slow speed of judicial proceedings as a homicide defendant sought more time to consider a…
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A DC Superior Court judge scheduled a trial for three co-defendants charged in connection with a deadly drive-by shooting. The three, 18-year-old Nelfy Hernandez, 20-year-old DeAndre Levy and 18-year-old Trey…
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Less than a month after a murder trial ended with jurors unable to reach a verdict, the defendant requested new counsel as prosecutors gear up to re-try the case. Chad…
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Parties in the case of a deadly motor vehicle collision are deadlocked in plea negotiations. Kyle Wooden is charged with second-degree murder in the deaths of 82-year-old Donald Malloy and…
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A DC Superior Court judge rescheduled a trial for a re-opened murder case at the prosecution’s request. It was September 2015 when Stanley Moghalu was first charged with murder in…
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A judge scheduled a murder defendant to go to trial again in January 2023 after the DC Court of Appeals reversed his convictions. In October 2017, a jury found Stanley…
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A DC Superior Court judge denied defense attorneys’ requests for the release of three teenage murder defendants. Co-defendants Nelfy Hernandez, 18, Deandre Levy, 18, and Trey Prillerman, 17, are charged…
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