Deliberations concluded on June 12 after closing arguments in a prison stabbing case, with the jury in DC Superior Court Judge Jennifer Di Toro’s courtroom acquitting the defendant of all charges. Read more »

“Don’t let your lying eyes be deceived by what the [prosecution] is going to ask you to assume,” said a defense attorney to a jury in the courtroom of DC Superior Court Judge Jennifer Di Toro on June 11. Read more »

After DC Superior Court Judge Jennifer Di Toro denied his motion for acquittal in a June 10 hearing, the defendant in a prison stabbing testified he feared for his life. Read more »

The prosecution and the defense argued a case of jailhouse violence before DC Superior Court Judge Jennifer Di Toro on June 6. Read more »

In opening arguments before a jury in DC Superior Court Judge Jennifer Di Toro’s courtroom on June 5 the defense claimed a stabbing suspect is “cloaked in innocence.” Antoine Donvell Johnson, 28, is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, assault with significant bodily injury, and unlawful possession of contraband in a penal institution, for his alleged involvement in a stabbing that occurred at the DC Jail on the 1900 block of D Street, SE. Read more »