Almost three years ago, the night scene outside of a Northwest D.C. Read more »

A Metropolitan Police Department detective was questioned Feb. Read more »

The prosecution argued a defendant hunted down the victim during closing arguments in a murder trial before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on Dec. Read more »

After nearly two months following the guilty verdicts of co-defendants James Mayfield and Robert A. Read more »

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After listening to counsel arguments on July 29, DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan decided not to admit a contested witness’s statements about a homicide defendant.  Robert Moses, 23, and James Mayfield, 22, are charged with first-degree murder while armed, assault with the intent to kill while armed, and aggravated assault while armed for allegedly shooting 17-year-old Jamahri Sydnor and wounding three other bystanders on Aug. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge set a murder defendant’s trial to begin nearly a year earlier than what was previously scheduled.  Clinton Womack is charged with first-degree murder while armed in the shooting of 45-year-old Terry Crutchfield on the 1500 block of Olive Street, NE, on Dec. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge scheduled a 2017 homicide case to go to trial in 2022.  Chad Hawthorne is charged with second-degree murder while armed in the shooting of 35-year-old Antonio Bassett on the 3900 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, on May 22, 2017.  During the March 2 trial readiness hearing, Judge Michael Ryan set the trial to begin on March 9 and end on March 18, 2022. Read more »

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A DC Superior Court judge granted the defense’s motion to add another lawyer to a murder defendant’s legal team during a status hearing on July 26.  Clinton Womack is charged with first-degree murder while armed for allegedly shooting 45-year-old Terry Crutchfield on the 1500 block of Olive Street, NE in 2016. Read more »

Before counsel begins arguments in a murder trial, the defense lawyer asked a DC Superior Court judge if he could ask questions about a witness’s mental health. Read more »

During a trial readiness hearing on May 29, a DC Superior Court judge denied the defense’s motion to exclude photographs that featured a murder defendant holding what appeared to be the murder weapon. Read more »