DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz denied a severance request from one of two defendants charged in a 2021 mass shooting that left one man dead and three others injured outside a convenience store in Southeast DC, during a hearing on June 6.  Aaron Adgerson, 21, and Terrance Oxner, 26, are charged with conspiracy, two counts of first-degree murder premeditated while armed, aggravated assault knowingly while armed, three counts of assault with intent to kill while armed, and two counts of assault with significant bodily injury while armed. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz instructed the prosecution to share the video of police interviewing a two-year-old child about the alleged murder of her grandfather by her father during a court hearing on May 16. Read more »

A DC Jail correction officer testified about an inmate incident involving one of six co-defendants in 2016 before DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz on May 1. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz denied a motion for return of property and a motion for a bond review for carjacking co-defendants during two separate hearings on April 14. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz instructed defense counsel on April 11 to expedite medical assistance to an injured homicide defendant, and the judge said he would ask the department of corrections about the inmates's status. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz refused to release Rennwel Mantock from the DC Jail on April 4 because of the violent nature of the offense he is alleged to have committed. Read more »

A murder defendant accepted a plea agreement extended by prosecutors before DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz on April 4. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz denied a motion for a trial continuance in a co-defendant murder case on March 21. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz modified a murder defendant’s release conditions to facilitate his job search endeavors on March 21. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz modified the release conditions for a non-fatal shooting co-defendant on March 21.  DeMarco Hayes, 22, and Donte Bennett, 26, are charged with assault with intent to kill while armed, aggravated assault knowing while armed, and two counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence for their alleged involvement in a non-fatal shooting where one victim sustained injuries at the intersection of Marion Barry Avenue and 18th Street, SE on July 24, 2024.  At the start of the hearing, Judge Kravitz notified the parties of two positive marijuana tests that were flagged as violations of Hayes’ release conditions.  An officer from the Pretrial Services Agency (PSA) said that Hayes had been ordered to submit to a full screen drug test.  Bunke argued that the positive marijuana tests should not be considered violations as Hayes was never ordered to not use marijuana and he is over the legal age to use marijuana. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz told parties, “I don’t think I can accept this plea under these circumstances,” during a hearing on March 20. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz approved defense attorney Sara Kopecki's request for her client, Oliver Gomes, to accompany her investigator in looking for potential witnesses for his trial in a March 14 hearing. Read more »

More than three weeks after a jury trial was slated to begin, the final motions for a six co-defendant homicide case were decided by DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz on March 17, giving the defense a partial victory on constitutional grounds. Read more »

Mark Price failed to appear before DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz on March 14, further delaying a homicide case that has been ongoing for more than six years. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz heard arguments about the nickname of a murder weapon in pre-trial motions in a mass shooting case with six co-defendants during a hearing on March 10. Read more »