A child sex abuse defendant rejected a plea deal during a July 20 hearing.  The defendant was indicted on 17 counts, including first-degree child sex abuse where the defendant was under the age of 12 and second-degree child sex abuse where the victim was under the age of 12. Read more »

On July 14, counsel told DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan they were prepared to take a sex assault case to trial.  The defendant is charged with first-degree burglary and second-degree sex abuse for allegedly entering the victim’s apartment on Jan. Read more »

A homicide defendant rejected a plea offer in connection to a 2021 shooting before DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan on July 5. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan accepted a homicide defendant’s guilty plea in connection to fatally striking a pedestrian with a vehicle. Read more »

A child sex abuse defendant rejected a plea offer on June 30.  The defendant, who appeared via WebEx video, is charged with two counts of second-degree child sex abuse in connection to allegedly inappropriately touching two siblings, 11 and 13, on multiple occasions. Read more »

A family member of a victim killed in a deadly hit-and-run expressed frustration over the slow speed of judicial proceedings as a homicide defendant sought more time to consider a plea deal. Read more »

A homicide defendant refused to proceed with a June 27 status conference unless the judge agreed to appoint him new attorneys. Read more »

A homicide defendant accused of murdering a 27-year-old man pleaded guilty on June 23 to second-degree murder while armed.  On July 21, 2021, Rondez Tibbs entered a convenience store on Martin Luther King Avenue, SE, according to court documents. Read more »

A 26-year-old domestic violence defendant was sentenced to 18 years in prison for a 2019 shooting. Read more »

A defendant charged in a March 2020 fatal shooting case rejected a plea deal on June 17. Read more »

This case was acquitted on Dec. Read more »

A defendant pleaded guilty to one count of voluntary manslaughter while armed with a firearm and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm during a hearing on June 2. Read more »

A sex abuse defendant pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and assault with intent to commit first-degree sexual assault in March. Read more »

A former Maryland high school teacher and sports coach pleaded guilty, via a remote meeting, to two sex abuse offenses. Read more »

A defendant pleaded guilty to killing a man in 2019 and assaulting two others in 2020. Read more »