Parties in a 2018 homicide case argued whether a defendant’s new sentence should be served concurrently or consecutively to a previously imposed penalty before DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan, in a May 28 hearing.   Bernard McKinney, 23, was initially charged with first-degree murder while armed while committing a robbery, robbery while armed, assault with intent to commit robbery while armed, attempt to commit robbery while armed, and four counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence for his involvement in a robbery on June 12, 2018 on the 300 block of 50th Street, NE. Read more »

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During an April 5 court proceeding, the prosecution asked for a continuance to finish reviewing four to five hundred documents related to a murder retrial.  Eugene Burns, 31, is charged with first-degree murder while armed, the position of a firearm during a crime of violence, carrying a pistol without a license, obstructing justice, witness or officer influence delay, and threat to kidnap or injure a person all charges were committed during release. Read more »

A hearing held in child sex abuse case confirmed a defendant's arrival at Federal Correctional Institution. Read more »

A judge continued a sentencing for a sexual assault defendant during a Sept. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz sentenced a defendant in connection to a 2020 homicide  James Flemings is charged with second degree murder while armed in connection with the fatal shooting of 30-year-old Michael Bright on the 1100 block of 45th Street, NE on Oct. Read more »

In a July 26 hearing, a homicide defendant demanded new attorneys. 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 »

DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz denied a request for release from a defendant accused of shooting a woman in a vehicle during a dispute. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge sentenced a defendant on felony sex abuse charges for forcing himself on a woman in her Kingman Park neighborhood apartment. Read more »

In August 2020, the reversal of a murder conviction rippled through the DC Superior Court, touching enough cases that the defendant's last name became like jargon. Read more »

This case was acquitted on Nov. Read more »

A woman implored a DC Superior Court judge to impose a harsher sentence than what was outlined in the plea deal for the man convicted of killing her brother.  On March 25, 2020, Zenus Epps was found on the 3500 block of A Street, SE, with a single gunshot wound to the head. Read more »

A man charged for his alleged role in a fatal stabbing that his counsel has described as self-defense received a plea offer from the prosecution. Read more »