Murder Defendant Rejects Plea Deal
DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun presided over a July 22 status hearing where a homicide defendant rejected a plea deal. Gary Rush, 40, is charged with second- degree murder…
+ Read MoreDC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun presided over a July 22 status hearing where a homicide defendant rejected a plea deal. Gary Rush, 40, is charged with second- degree murder…
+ Read MoreHuey Bandy, 51, was charged with first-degree murder, however Judge Robert Okun lowered the potential charge to second-degree-murder due to not enough probable cause for the former charge. On June…
+ Read MoreDefense counsel for a man convicted of murder requested a continuance July 11, so he could consult with his client on whether the defendant would like to withdraw his guilty…
+ Read MoreDC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun sentences a defendant in a 2020 homicide case to 16 years in prison. On Nov. 18, 2020, Metropolitan Police Department received a call about…
+ Read MoreA defense attorney accused prosecutors of procrastinating on a plea offer and asked for his client to be returned to a treatment facility during a hearing for a three-defendant murder…
+ Read MoreA DC Superior Court judge sentenced a defendant for shooting a 21-year-old man multiple times in the back in 2018. Co-defendants Kewon Hunter and Stephon Evans were charged with first-degree murder…
+ Read MoreRufus Davis‘ relatives implored a DC Superior Court judge to impose the maximum sentence for the man convicted of killing their family member. On Oct. 6, 2021, Davis was found…
+ Read MoreA DC Superior Court judge ruled that a homicide case only has enough evidence to go to trial on a lesser charge than what prosecutors initially filed after the defense…
+ Read MoreA domestic violence defendant was sentenced for first-degree unlawful publication, stalking and threats to do bodily harm. Carlton Robertson entered the courtroom late for his sentencing on March 14 and…
+ Read MoreA DC Superior Court judge managed to schedule a murder case for trial despite a clash between parties over exculpatory evidence, also known as Brady material, that the defense says…
+ Read MoreA sex abuse defendant was sentenced to serve 150 days in jail after he pleaded down from a felony to a misdemeanor charge. “This is a serious crime despite pleading…
+ Read MoreMetropolitan Police Department Chief Robert J. Contee III provided the public with updates on four shootings that happened on Jan. 27. He gave an update on two different homicides- one…
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