Prosecution Witnesses Stitch Together Evidence of a Homicide
A witness testified that he saw a possible murder suspect crouch near a drainpipe and drop something inside in a trial before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on Dec….
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A witness testified that he saw a possible murder suspect crouch near a drainpipe and drop something inside in a trial before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on Dec….
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A shooting defendant voluntarily waived his right to independent DNA evidence testing in front of DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on Dec. 4 in preparation for an upcoming trial….
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During openings, a murder defendant’s attorney claimed that the victim and her friends were “three home invaders [who] began to assault and terrorize” the defendant and his girlfriend in a…
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A mass shooting defendant indicated his intention to reject a plea offer in a Nov. 22 hearing before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt Aaron Brown, 28, is charged with…
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A defendant in a homicide case entered a guilty plea to second-degree murder in front of DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on Nov. 14. Niko Hall, 33, was originally…
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The jury returned a guilty verdict on five of seven charges Nov. 14 before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt, convicting a stabbing defendant of assaulting his girlfriend. Devan Green…
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On Nov. 13, DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt allowed a stabbing defendant’s sentencing to be pushed to April, 2025 to allow him to finish a painting apprentice program at…
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DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt heard testimony about which type of luxury watch was the probable motive for a murder in the preliminary hearing of two defendants on Nov….
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DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt continued a preliminary hearing after learning a murder defendant was deemed mentally incompetent by the Department of Behavioral Health (DBH), and requested a another…
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A stabbing defendant formally rejected a global plea offer that would have resolved three cases in a Nov. 7 hearing before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt. James Callen, 40,…
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DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt deemed a murder defendant competent to stand trial on Nov. 7, citing a report from the Department of Behavioral Health (DBH). Niko Hall, 32,…
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“You had to stab her to defend yourself … including those seven stab wounds on her back?” the prosecution asked during cross-examination of a stabbing defendant in a Nov. 7…
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