After an evaluation at St. Read more »

During closing statements March 9, defense counsel reiterated that the defendant was innocent, blaming a faulty investigation by the police for his arrest. Read more »

A murder defendant agreed to take a plea deal from the prosecution. Read more »

During the first week of a murder trial, a judge said believing an eyewitness to the crime would be “comical.” Dajuan Jones, 19, is charged with first-degree murder while armed for allegedly shooting 26-year-old Cheyenne Washington on the 4400 block of E Street, SE in July of 2018. Read more »

During a felony arraignment on March 3, a Washington, DC Superior Court judge encouraged counsel to wait until they knew whether or not the case would go to trial before scheduling a date.  Travis Russell, 35, is charged with first-degree murder while armed for allegedly stabbing Michael Hooker, 44, on the 2700 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Read more »

During a status hearing on Feb. Read more »

During a status hearing on Feb. Read more »

Co-defendants in a homicide case pleaded not guilty Feb. Read more »

During a status hearing on Feb 21, a murder defendant said he wanted to conduct DNA testing on evidence. Read more »

During a status hearing, a DC Superior Court judge moved a jury trial date up despite the fact that both parties need time to go over evidence and decide if a murder defendant wanted to conduct DNA testing. Read more »

During a trial readiness hearing on Feb. Read more »

During a trial readiness hearing on Feb. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge found that a murder defendent was not competent at a Feb. Read more »

During what would have been the first day of a murder trial, a DC Superior Court judge ruled to dismiss the case without prejudice due to the prosecution’s failure to hand over evidence.  Keith Archie, 39, is charged with second-degree murder while armed and tampering with evidence for allegedly stabbing Demond Marcel Rush on the 3600 block of 22nd Street, SE in 2017.  More than 1,000 pages of documents of evidence in the case were made available to the prosecution two weeks ago, but counsel failed to turn the documents over to the defense until the night before trial. It is not clear what the documents contained. Read more »

A judge decided Feb. Read more »