DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt denied a homicide defendant’s motion to suppress his statements to police in trial during a hearing on Jan. 10. Idrissa Fall, 37, is charged…
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DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt released a stabbing defendant to an in-patient drug treatment program on Jan. 10. John Scogins, 53, is charged with aggravated assault and assault with…
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A shooting defendant was removed from the courtroom after multiple disruptive and obscene outbursts before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on Dec. 13. Joseph Evans, 57, is charged with…
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A motion to suppress key statements in a traffic homicide case was denied by DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan during a hearing on Dec. 9, clearing the way for…
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DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt found probable cause and ruled against releasing two murder defendants in what she called “one of the most senseless homicides” the court has seen…
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On Oct. 10, DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt ruled a witness’s statements, who was five-years-old at the time of the incident, are admissible to the jury in a stabbing…
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DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt reviewed a report from the Department of Behavioral Health (DBH) and ruled that a defendant with serious mental issues must remain hospitalized at St….
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DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt delayed a ruling regarding a defendant’s motion for release to allow the prosecution time to respond in writing on Oct. 2. Santos Duarte, 24,…
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DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt limited the scope of a non-fatal shooting victim’s testimony on Sept. 30 due to late disclosures by the prosecution and instructed that the jury…
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DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt found there was enough evidence to take a shooting case to trial on Sept. 27 because of video footage of the defendant allegedly shooting…
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DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt considered sanctioning a prosecutor about disclosing information on Sept. 26. Jamal Coleman, 31, is charged with assault with intent to kill while armed and…
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DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt granted a prosecutor’s request to introduce a shooting defendant’s prior bad acts through the victim’s testimony on Sept. 24. Jamal Coleman, 31, is charged…
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