A judge sentenced a homicide defendant to ten years of incarceration after hearing victim impact statements from the victim’s family and friends. Read more »

Three co-defendants appeared for a status hearing before in a homicide case before DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan. Read more »

Eric Davis, a 35-year-old resident of Lanham, Maryland, accepted a pre-indictment plea offer for a shooting in front of DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan on May 6.  Davis pled guilty to aggravated assault while armed, on condition that the government not indict him for the greater charge of assault with intent to kill while armed. Read more »

Accused of killing a senior citizen and injuring a minor while fleeing police, Benjamin Robertson pleaded not guilty before DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan during his arraignment on April 29. Read more »

Parties argued for probable cause in a fatal shooting that killed one teenager and seriously injured another in an April 25 hearing. Read more »

A homicide defendant dismissed his counsel after informing the court he wished to represent himself in his upcoming trial in DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan’s courtroom. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan filed an order for a mental evaluation of a homicide defendant and reviewed his request for new counsel in an April 24 hearing. Read more »

On April 12, DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan heard a homicide defendant waive his right to independently test DNA evidence.  Isaiah Trotman, 32, is charged with first-degree murder while armed with aggravating circumstances, 25 counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, 13 counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, and 13 counts of kidnapping while armed, for his alleged involvement in shooting incidents that occurred on Feb. Read more »

On April 10, the prosecution called on police witness to testify before DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan to prove probable cause in a mass shooting case. Read more »

On April 11, before DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffian, a defendant accused of wounding police officers in a stand off was found mentally incompetent to stand trial. Read more »

On April 8, following a two-week trial, an alleged member of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang, was found guilty of two counts of murder before DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan.  Oscar Ramos, 34, was originally charged with first-degree murder while armed, assault with intent to kill while armed, and two counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, for his involvement in the fatal shooting of 50-year-old Pedro Alvarado Melendez. Read more »

On April 5, before DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan, a homicide defendant rejected a plea deal offered by prosecution.  Tywan Morris, 28, is charged with second-degree murder while armed, carrying a dangerous weapon outside a home or business, and two counts of possession of a prohibited weapon, for his alleged involvement in the fatal stabbing of 27-year-old Danielle Stuckey on Oct. Read more »

On April 5, three homicide co-defendants were sentenced after agreeing to a plea deal before DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan.  Nelfy Hernandez, 20, Trey Prillerman, 20 and Deandre Levy, 22, were originally charged with first-degree murder while armed, and three counts of assault with intent to kill, among other charges, in the shooting of 17-year-old Taijhon Wyatt, Jr. Read more »

On April 4, before DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan, the prosecution and defense delivered closing statements in a homicide trial hinging on revenge. Read more »

On April 4, before DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan, the prosecution dismissed the primary charges against a non-fatal shooting defendant following a hung jury, which rendered a guilty verdict on the lesser counts. Read more »