DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson is weighing prosecution and defense motions related to admissible evidence in a non-fatal shooting trial on March 8.   Tyshay Moore, 27, and Javonee Jackson, 25, are charged with assault with intent to kill while armed, four counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, aggravated assault knowingly while armed, assault with a dangerous weapon, assault with significant bodily injury while armed, conspiracy, and simple assault in connection to a nonfatal shooting on May 10, 2023 on the 700 block of 7th Street, NW.  Judge Dayson took under advisement a motion filed from Moore's defense attorney, Hannah Claudio to suppress tangible evidence from shell casings found at the crime scene which Claudio said did not match a recovered firearm. Read more »

Counsel argued Dec. Read more »

Two Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) detectives were shown 12 evidentiary items in court, all of which were taken from Instagram. Read more »

Defense counsel requests more time to find a key witness that would provide important information on a murder defendant's mental health. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun sentenced two teen murderers to 18 years on Nov. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Dayna Dayson alerted parties on Oct. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson ordered a mental competence evaluation for a homicide defendant in a hearing on Sept. Read more »

A stabbing defendant waived his right to a preliminary hearing after a boisterous proceeding on Aug. Read more »

A homicide defendant was sentenced to 228 months of incarceration before DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman on Aug. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Andrea Hertzfeld sentenced a shooting defendant to 60 months of incarceration and three years of supervised release on Aug. Read more »

A murder defendant waived his right to independently test DNA evidence before DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan in a hearing on July 11. Read more »

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Andre Clark accepted a prosecution offer and pleaded guilty to second-degree murder while armed in return for a sentence limited to 15-to-20 years' incarceration during a hearing before DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman on May 5.  Clark, 34, was originally charged with first-degree murder while armed for his involvement in the fatal shooting of 28-year-old Leonard Taylor, Jr., on Oct. Read more »

A jury found a homicide defendant guilty in a killing before DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park on March 19.  Nyjell Outler, 22, was originally charged with first-degree premeditated murder while armed, assault with intent to kill while armed, aggravated assault knowingly while armed, assault with a dangerous weapon, and four counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, for his involvement in the murder of Demetris Johnson, 21, on March 20, 2021 on the unit block of Madison Street, NE at a gender reveal party. Read more »

A prosecutor told DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan the office was withdrawing a plea offer they extended to a homicide defendant on March 14, after he was unable to finalize his decision in court.  Monteze Morton, 35, is charged with first-degree premeditated murder while armed, possession of firearm during crime of violence, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convict for his alleged involvement in the fatal shooting of 29-year-old Dimitrious Brown on March 22, 2024 on the 2800 block of Hartford Street, SE.  During the hearing, Thomas Key, Morton’s attorney, alerted Judge Ryan that he planned on rejecting the prosecution’s plea offer, which would require him to plead guilty to second-degree murder while armed in exchange for a dismissal of all other charges. Read more »