A murder defendant was denied release from the Central Treatment Facility. Read more »

The Public Defender Service (PDS) for the District of Columbia released a memo calling for the release of all persons incarcerated at the DC Jail in the wake of the U.S. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge denied a defense motion in a murder case to conduct DNA testing and stop the prosecution from consuming DNA evidence in light of the Department of Forensic Sciences’ (DFS) loss of its accreditation. Read more »

A murder defendant’s attorney raised concerns over the conditions in which her client is being held. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge denied a request to release a murder defendant from DC Jail.  Ch’juan Robinson, 23, is charged with first-degree murder while armed in the shooting of Louis Eugene Kingsbury, 34, on April 30, 2020, on the 200 block of New York Avenue, NW. Read more »

A murder defendant was unable to appear in court for a preliminary hearing to determine if his case has enough evidence to go to trial due to being in quarantine at DC Jail.  Treavon Johnson, 24, is charged with second-degree murder while armed in the shooting of 35-year-old John Edmonds on July 26 on the 600 block of Jefferson Street, NW. Read more »

A homicide defendant was unable to attend a preliminary hearing after being placed in quarantine due to possible exposure to COVID-19 at the DC Jail.   Treavon Johnson, 24, is charged with second-degree murder while armed in the shooting of 35-year-old John Edmonds on July 26 on the 600 block of Jefferson Street, NW. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge denied a defense attorney’s request to allow her client, who is accused of killing her two-year-old child, to see her other children. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge continued a March 29 hearing in a sex abuse case. Read more »

Parties debated if a child sex abuse defendant should remain at St. Read more »

During initial hearings on March 9, DC Superior Court Judge Lloyd Nolan held a first-degree murder defendant. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge scheduled a hearing to give defense attorneys time to ask their client if she is willing to voluntarily take medication that could potentially restore her competence to stand trial. Read more »

After spending over a decade at St. Read more »

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Parties discussed how to proceed with a murder case after a judge rules that a murder defendant is still not mentally competent to stand trial more one year after her first assessment. Read more »