DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt heard testimony from eyewitnesses and police investigators in a homicide trial on Sept. Read more »

An eyewitness described one in a series of shootings in front of DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on Sept. Read more »

A homicide victim’s childhood friend was called to testify in an ongoing trial before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on Sept. Read more »

An eyewitness to a 13-year-old boy's murder testified during a trial before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on Sept. Read more »

Prosecutors presented a series of photographs, videos, and eyewitness testimonies allegedly showing a drive-by shooting and suspects abandoning their vehicle before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt in an ongoing homicide trial on Sept. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt heard prosecution testimony from a neighbor that spotted a suspect vehicle said to be used in a murder and a GPS tracking specialist in trial on Sept. Read more »

The President's decision to surge federal police and National Guard troops in the nation’s capital is reducing the number of available U.S. Read more »

A jury in DC Superior Court Justice Rainey Brandt’s courtroom heard opening statements and multiple witness testimonies on Sept. Read more »

A crime scene analyst with the Department of Forensic Science (DFS) identified the blood stained clothing remnants of a 13-year-old homicide victim before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on Sep. Read more »

A homicide defendant, also charged in connection to a non-fatal stabbing at the DC Jail, accepted a plea deal before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on Feb. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt held a motion hearing despite the fact the homicide defendant wasn't present for the Feb. Read more »

One of the defendants charged for the shootings that killed 13-year-old Malachi Lukes accepted a plea offer from the prosecution and pleaded guilty to assault with intent to kill while armed before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on Dec. Read more »

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DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt sentenced Tyiion Freeman to 108 years incarceration and Koran Jackson to 164 years on Sept. Read more »

Following a multi-month long trial, a jury in DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt’s courtroom convicted three individuals for their involvement in a conspiracy, murder, and multiple non-fatal shootings on July 10.  Koran Jackson, 23, Tyiion Kyree Freeman, 24, and Stephen Nelson, 22, are three of five individuals charged with conspiracy, first-degree murder while armed, assault with the intent to kill while armed, carrying a pistol without a license, and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence in connection to the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Malachi Lukes on March 1, 2020, on the 600 block of S Street, NW. Read more »