Judge Sentences Man in Vehicular Homicide
A D.C. Superior Court judge sentenced a murder defendant March 1 to serve four years behind bars before serving four years on supervised probation. In November, Lavone Beckett pleaded guilty…
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A D.C. Superior Court judge sentenced a murder defendant March 1 to serve four years behind bars before serving four years on supervised probation. In November, Lavone Beckett pleaded guilty…
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A judge set a trial date for a man in connection to the murder of a 26 year-old man from Jacksonville, NC. Kavonte Richardson, 25, is charged with first-degree murder…
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A D.C. Superior Court judge ruled March 1 to allow a murder defendant’s attorneys to argue her actions were in self-defense. Dianna Lalchan is charged with first-degree murder while armed…
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A DC Superior Court judge agreed Feb. 28 to continue a murder defendant’s sentencing. In November, a jury found David Jones guilty of second-degree murder, reckless driving, driving under the…
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During a motions hearing Feb. 21, a D.C. Superior Court judge said she would hear arguments concerning forcibly administering non-emergency medication to a murder defendant at a later date. Brandon…
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After serving more than 24 years in prison for orchestrating a mass shooting in 1994, a defendant was released from prison Feb. 12 and ordered to serve five years on…
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During a hearing Feb. 11, a DC Superior Court judge set a trial date for a man charged with killing a woman nearly half his age. Robert Wilson Dean, Jr.,…
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A D.C. Superior Court judge sentenced a man Jan. 25 to 18 months in prison for running a red light and fatally striking a 64-year-old man who was riding his…
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A man who recently stood trial for murder, rejected a plea deal to an assault charge Jan. 18. Demetrius Brandon is charged with accessory after-the-fact to assault with intent to…
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During a status hearing, defense counsel in a July homicide case withdrew a motion for a second preliminary hearing after the prosecution turned over camera footage. Mark Price is charged…
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This case has been acquitted. Even though a prosecutor in a 2017 murder case told a judge that he expected a grand jury indictment by Jan. 4, a new “development”…
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A District of Columbia Superior Court judge sentenced Jan. 2 a murder defendant to 19.5 years in prison per the terms of a plea agreement. But, the victim’s family said the…
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