A DC Superior Court judge granted a defense attorney’s motion to withdraw from a 2019 homicide case on Aug. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge ruled that a homicide case has enough evidence to go to trial. Read more »

On July 30, a two-day preliminary hearing concluded with a DC Superior Court judge ruling that a homicide case has enough evidence to go to trial. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge scheduled a jury trial for a murder case.  Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge sentenced a domestic violence defendant to three years in prison. Read more »

A jury found two co-defendants guilty of murder in the first homicide trial to come to the DC Superior Court in more than one year. Read more »

A forensic scientist testified during July 16 proceedings in a murder trial.  Read more »

A defendant who said she had close ties with two murder defendants continued her testimony at their trial. Read more »

The prosecution called four witnesses to testify at a murder trial on July 8. Read more »

On July 7, DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz adjourned proceedings in a murder trial after a fire alarm in the courthouse interrupted witness testimony.  Read more »

Parties in a murder case made their opening arguments and spoke to witnesses on July 6. Read more »

Jury selection ended for the first murder trial to come to the DC Superior Court in more than one year. Read more »

June 30 marked the start of jury selection for the first murder trial at the DC Superior Court in over a year. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge ordered a full exam to determine if a murder defendant is competent to stand trial. Read more »

On June 16, a DC Superior Court judge scheduled a hearing to determine if a homicide case has enough evidence to go to trial and ordered a preliminary screening to assess if the defendant is competent to stand trial.  Jean Paul Kearney is charged with second-degree murder while armed for allegedly shooting of 33-year-old Dontra Harris on April 4 on the 1800 block of 24th Street, NE.  Kearney, 34, is also charged with assault on a police officer while armed for allegedly firing four gunshots from within a residence that officers were trying to force their way into to exercise a search warrant on the morning of the defendant’s arrest. Read more »