The defendant in a 2016 homicide case accepted a plea deal three months before he was scheduled to go on trial.  Clinton Womack was indicted on 26 counts including first-degree murder while armed in the shooting of 45-year-old Terry Crutchfield on Dec. Read more »

Less than a month after a murder trial ended with jurors unable to reach a verdict, the defendant requested new counsel as prosecutors gear up to re-try the case. Read more »

Murder defendant Chad Hawthorne questioned three witnesses during the sixth day of his trial. Read more »

Prosecutors finished showing jurors the five-hour video of murder defendant Chad Hawthorne’s interrogation during the fifth day of his trial. Read more »

Prosecutors called four witnesses to the stand during the third day of Chad Hawthorne's murder trial, starting with the defendant's ex-girlfriend. Read more »

Chad Hawthorne is on trial for the murder of 35-year-old Antonio Bassett in a Fort Davis Park apartment complex. Four witnesses took the stand during the second day of his trial on March 8. Read more »

Parties discussed preparations for the upcoming trial of two defendants charged in connection with a teenager's death. Read more »

A material witness in a murder case testified in court after recent concerns over possible memory issues caused the trial to be delayed. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge said he will issue an order on an unopposed motion in a murder case that has been affected by forensic errors by July 12. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge scheduled a murder defendant who has been held at DC Jail since his arrest in December 2016 to go before a jury in July 2023. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge scheduled a trial readiness hearings for two homicide cases that have been affected by forensic errors.  Rondell McLeoud, 27, and Joseph Brown, 26, are charged with first-degree murder while armed for allegedly shooting Amari Jenkins, 21, on Aug. Read more »

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

A DC Superior Court judge reviewed forensic evidence relevant to a murder defendant’s motion to have his inditment dismissed.  Ron McLeoud and his former co-defendant Joseph Brown are charged with first-degree murder while armed in the deaths of Amari Jenkins, who was found dead on Aug. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge continued a murder defendant's bond review hearing until May 13 to give defense counsel time to review medical records. Read more »

On Feb. Read more »