A DC Superior Court judge found a defendant charged in connection with a 2008 homicide competent to be sentenced.  In 2015, Joshua Massaquoi was initially charged with first-degree murder while armed in connection with the shooting of 21-year-old Michael Francis Taylor on June 22, 2008, on the 600 block of Farragut Street, NW. Read more »

A defendant charged in connection with a homicide from last summer pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge ruled there was evidence against a double homicide defendant to bring his case  to trial. Read more »

On April 29, a DC Superior Court judge scheduled a hearing to determine if one of the two homicide cases a defendant is charged in has enough evidence to go to trial.  Melvin Simmons, 27, is charged with first-degree murder while armed in two separate cases. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge scheduled a trial readiness hearing for a homicide defendant who was charged in 2017. Read more »

At counsel's request, a DC Superior Court judge continued a March 25 hearing for a homicide defendant so parties can engage in plea negotiations. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge granted the defense’s request to continue a March 17 status hearing so the defense could have more time to discuss a plea offer. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Jonathan Pittman granted the defense’s request to continue a Feb. Read more »

A prosecutor said he plans to extend a plea deal to a murder defendant. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge continued a homicide hearing to allow time for a DNA testing order to be submitted and executed. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge scheduled a status hearing for a defendant who is charged with first-degree sex abuse and kidnapping. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge ruled that a murder case has enough evidence to go to trial and held the defendant at DC Jail.  Raymond Davis is charged with second-degree murder while armed for allegedly shooting 39-year-old Henry Hackett on the 2700 block of Langston Place, SE on June 3. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge rescheduled a defendant’s Nov. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge continued a defendant’s assault case for a possible plea deal.  Robert Redding, 61, is charged with assault with intent to kill while armed and assault on a police officer while armed for allegedly stabbing a Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officer near the intersection of 11th and K Street, NW on July 2.  The officer was pursuing Redding after a woman told him that Redding assaulted her, according to court documents. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge rescheduled the second day of a hearing intended to determine if a murder case has enough evidence to go to trial.  Wesley Scott Jr., 20, is charged with first-degree murder and Michael Benbow, 18, is charged with first-degree murder while armed in the death of David Young. Read more »