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“So cry me a river,” said DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt over the prosecutor’s explanation of an understaffed office to request a continuance of trial.   Brian Wooden, 32, is charged with two counts of first-degree cruelty to children and two counts of felony murder in connection to the death of one-year-old Carter Sanders on May 26, 2018, on the 4700 block of Benning Road, SE.  Wooden’s defense attorney, Marnitta King, raised concern over the prosecution’s request for a trial continuance. Read more »

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On the second day of a preliminary hearing, DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt ruled there was probable cause in the murder of an Alexandria, Va. Read more »

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DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt stressed the importance of filing motions on time to prevent a delay in trial.  Co-defendants Maurice Johnson, 23, and 21-year-old Jermaine Harris are charged with first-degree murder while armed in connection to the shooting death of 38-year-old Lamar Walters on 2400 block of Franklin Street, NE on Jan. Read more »

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DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt modified the hours of a sexual assault defendant’s supervision program, allowing him to continue to attend high school. Read more »

A homicide defendant was released after less than a month in the DC Jail during a Sept. Read more »

The prosecutor admitted she did not interview several potential eyewitnesses to a homicide during a Sept. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt sentenced a man on Sept. Read more »