Dwayne Fountain informed DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz on May 23 he was rejecting a deal that would have required him to plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter while armed in exchange for a sentence limited to seven-and-a-half-to-10 years.  Fountain, 45, is charged with first-degree murder premeditated while armed, carrying a dangerous weapon outside a home or place of business with a prior felony conviction, and possession of a prohibited weapon. Read more »

Lawyers for two co-defendants urged the jury to doubt the credibility of the prosecution's star witness during closing statements in a homicide trial before DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park on May 20.  Alonzo Brown, 28, and Naquel Henderson, 27, are charged with first-degree murder while armed, conspiracy to commit a crime of violence, five counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, and four counts of assault with intent to kill while armed. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park sentenced a domestic homicide defendant to 24 years of incarceration following an emotional sentencing on May 20.  Wyatt Swan, 48, pleaded guilty on Jan. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park refused defense attorney Eliza Buergenthal's request that he release her client, Tyquan Jennings, from DC Jail pending trial at a hearing on May 19. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park refused to allow the testimony of a witness called in by Steven Kiersh, defense attorney for Alonzo Brown, during court proceedings on May 19. Read more »

The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officer who identified Alonzo Brown in a homicide investigation was familiar with Brown and his alleged victim for many years, according to testimony given before DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park on May 12. Read more »

A jury in DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park’s courtroom convicted a homicide defendant of all charges on May 5.  Ranje Reynolds, 28, was charged with first-degree murder while armed and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence for his involvement in the fatal shooting of 27-year-old Tarek Boothe on Jan. Read more »

The trial in a fatal shooting case continued on May 7 before DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park with a witness recounting how the bloody victim pleaded for help. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park alerted parties in a shooting case that the defendant was returned to the DC Jail on May 7, after he refused to go along with a courthouse search. Read more »

The prosecution introduced emotional footage of the aftermath of a fatal-shooting from Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers' body-worn cameras during a trial before DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park on May 6.  Alonzo Brown, 28, and Naquel Henderson, 27, are charged with first-degree murder while armed, conspiracy to commit a crime of violence, five counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, and four counts of assault with intent to kill while armed. Read more »

A third co-defendant in a 30-year-old homicide case entered a not-guilty plea during a hearing before DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park on May 6. Read more »

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Parties delivered closing arguments before DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park in a homicide trial on May 1.  Ranje Reynolds, 28, is charged with first-degree murder while armed and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence for his alleged involvement in the fatal shooting of 27-year-old Tarek Boothe on Jan. Read more »

A homicide defendant was arraigned before D.C. Read more »

A homicide defendant rejected a plea deal before DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park in a hearing on May 1.  Christopher Patrick Haynes, 31, is charged first-degree premeditated murder while armed, aggravated assault knowingly while armed, assault with intent to kill while armed, three counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, unlawful possession of a firearm by a convict, carrying a pistol without a license and escaping from an officer for his alleged involvement in the fatal shooting of Brent Hayward, 33, on Aug. Read more »