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During a felony status conference hearing on July 11, the prosecution told a judge that he is still working on an indictment.  Robert Smith, 23, was charged with second-degree murder on December 4, 2018 for his alleged involvement in the shooting of 19-year-old Nya Howard-Reynolds on the unit block of 57th Place, SE With the indictment deadline on Sept. Read more »

>A murder defendant’s competency for trial is still uncertain even though he has undergone several examinations since 2018. Read more »

During a felony status conference June 20, a prosecutor notified a judge that he would need until the Sept. Read more »

In what was supposed to be a trial readiness hearing June 11, a defendant pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter while armed. Read more »

Defense counsel requested that a judge modify confinement restrictions to let a murder defendant attend school. Read more »

During a hearing April 26, an 18-year-old murder defendant pleaded not guilty  after prosecutors secured an indictment. Read more »

A prosecutor in a murder case gave the defense a list  of items that she plans to submit for DNA testing. Read more »

The day before a murder trial was slated to resume, the prosecution notified the court that they were still missing a key witness after weeks of searching. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge announced April 18  that a murder defendant was transported to Maryland to address unrelated charges. Read more »

On April 1, after a DC Superior Court clerk read a grand jury indictment, a murder defendant pleaded not guilty and requested a trial date. Read more »

During a preliminary hearing March 28, the defense said a victim may have been killed outside of the District of Columbia and therefore the court doesn’t have jurisdiction. Read more »

During a preliminary hearing March 21, a detective said that most of the information police received regarding a shooting was “secondhand,” which means it was based on the words of others. Read more »