An armed carjacking and shooting defendant accepted a plea agreement extended by the prosecution before DC Superior Court Judge Judith Pipe on Oct. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Judith Pipe rescheduled an Oct. Read more »

In a Sept. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt sentenced Tyiion Freeman to 108 years incarceration and Koran Jackson to 164 years on Sept. Read more »

A homicide defendant accepted a plea deal extended by the prosecution before DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe in an Aug. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan deemed a homicide defendant competent to stand trial on Sept. Read more »

A homicide defendant rejected a plea offer from the prosecution and requested a jury trial before DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan on Aug. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein, at an Aug. Read more »

Two of five co-defendants in a carjacking conspiracy case waived their right to independently test DNA evidence before DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun on Aug. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan denied a motion to sever mother and son homicide co-defendants, during a July 16 hearing. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan announced a delay in ruling on a motion to sever mother and son homicide co-defendants, to further review the evidence and case law, during a July 2 hearing. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe denied a motion to sever two “mutually hostile” homicide co-defendants from having a joint trial, asserting on June 21 that the “jury will not infer guilt” from one defendant to another. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Lynn Leibovitz determined a carjacking defendant competent after a mental observation hearing on June 11. Read more »

Defense attorneys representing a mother and son duo, alleged to have perpetrated a homicide, filed a motion to sever their cases before DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan during a June 7 hearing.  Jaquell Jackson, 20, and Chakeatia Jackson, 39, are charged with second-degree murder while armed for their alleged involvement in the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Tarshaqua Chappell on Sept. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt denied three co-defendant’s motions for a mistrial following the prosecution’s closing arguments during a June 5 hearing, before defense attorneys began closing arguments.  Koran Jackson, 23, Tyiion Kyree Freeman, 24, and Stephen Nelson, 33, are three of five individuals charged with multiple counts of conspiracy, assault with the intent to kill while armed, first-degree murder while armed, carrying a pistol without a license, and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence in connection to the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Malachi Lukes on March 1, 2020, on the 600 Block of S Street, NW. Read more »