Editor’s note: On May 30, 2024 a jury acquitted Devonte Brothers of all charges connected to the homicide of Deron Leake. Read more »

Editor’s note: On May 30, 2024 a jury acquitted Devonte Brothers of all charges connected to the homicide of Deron Leake. Read more »

On Oct.13, a defendant waived his right to independently test evidence for DNA recovered from a homicide case. Read more »

A trial date was set in a homicide case two months after the defendant was released on a technicality. Read more »

A homicide defendant’s trial was pushed back to over a year later in a status hearing on Feb. Read more »

A murder defendant was arraigned on multiple indictment charges during a Feb. Read more »

Homicide defendant, Kenneth Stewart’s trial has been moved from Feb. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo presided over parties as they discussed matters regarding a murder defendant's case as his trial date approaches.  Kenneth Stewart, 60, is charged with first-degree murder while armed in connection to the stabbing of 54-year-old, Courtney Jones on July 23, 2020, on the 2300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, SE. Read more »

A defendant who pleaded guilty to manslaughter and escaping prison was sentenced Sept. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun ruled that because of the severity of the charges, and the volume of evidence in the prosecution’s favor, he could not grant a murder defendant release. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt scheduled a status hearing for mid-September to give defense attorneys time to discuss the prosecution’s plea offer with their clients.  Rashaad Winston, 26 and Keshawn Taylor, 23 are charged with first degree murder while armed in connection to the murder of 25-year-old Tyree Brox.  On Dec. Read more »

A defendant accused of shooting his ex-girlfriend’s partner was unable to appear in court for a Aug. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge denied a request to release a 60-year-old murder defendant with a lengthy criminal history.   Kenneth Stewart is accused of stabbing 54-year-old Connecticut man Courtney Jones to death on July 23, 2020, on the 2300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, SE. He was charged with first-degree murder while armed the next day and has been held at DC Jail ever since. Read more »

Thirteen years after a man was killed in what is suspected to have been a robbery gone wrong, attorneys are divided over a key detail of the homicide- where it happened. Read more »

Prosecutors are keeping a plea deal for two murder co-defendants on the table until the next status hearing in January. Read more »