A DC Superior Court judge denied a request to release a murder defendant.  Malachi McFarland, 21, is charged with first-degree murder while armed for allegedly shooting 29-year-old Kerry Odoms on April 15 on the 3300 block of 10th Place, SE. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge ruled that a child sex abuse case has enough evidence to go to trial. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a sex abuse defendant who did not show up to his Sept. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge ruled that a homicide case has enough evidence to go to trial.  Jean Kearney is charged with second-degree murder while armed in the shooting of 33-year-old Dontra Harris on April 5 on the 1800 block of 24th Street, NE. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge ruled that the case of a homicide that took place during a mass shooting in 2019 has enough evidence to go to trial. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge denied the prosecution's request to use their preferred private laboratory to test evidence in a homicide case. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge ruled that a homicide case has enough evidence to go to trial. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge ruled that there is enough evidence against a homicide defendant to bring his case to trial. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge ruled that a sexual abuse case has enough evidence to go to trial. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge ruled that a homicide case has enough evidence to go to trial and that the defendant should remain at DC Jail. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge ruled that a defendant convicted of conspiracy to commit murder, accessory to second-degree murder and possessing a firearm during a crime of violence cannot be sentenced because he is incompetent. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge delayed a May 25 sentencing hearing for a murder case at the defense’s request.  In February 2020, a jury found 34-year-old Mason Binion guilty of first-degree murder while armed in the 2008 shooting 21-year-old Michael Francis Taylor.  Taylor was shot in the back of the head on the 600 block of Farragut Street, NW, on June 22, 2008, following a dispute over drug money.  During the May 25 hearing, Quo Judkins said his client objects to going forward with the sentencing today. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge ruled there was evidence against a double homicide defendant to bring his case  to trial. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge ruled that there was evidence against a homicide defendant to bring his case to trial.  Jamall Thornton, 26, is charged with second-degree murder while armed in the shooting of 35-year-old Antoine Pierce. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge continued a hearing for a first-degree murder case that is currently undergoing plea negotiations. Read more »