Alonzo Lewis Archives - D.C. Witness

Family Members Argue, Removed from Courtroom During Murder Sentencing

Details On Nov. 28, a verbal altercation between the families of a homicide victim and the defendant resulted in the removal of both groups during a sentencing in front of DC... Read More

Double Homicide Defendant Accepts Plea Offer

Details On Oct. 6, a double homicide defendant accepted a plea offer extended by the prosecution. Alonzo Lewis, 38, was originally charged with two counts of first-degree murder while armed, three... Read More

Judge Turns Down Efforts to Delay Double Homicide Case

Details On Aug. 11, DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe denied a defense motion to set a later trial date in a 2018 double homicide case. Alonzo Lewis, 38, was indicted... Read More

Experts for Examination of Evidence Appear at Murder Hearing

Details On Nov. 10, DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun held a motion hearing where two experts in digital forensic investigations testified for the defendant and the prosecutor to look at... Read More

Prosecution Withheld Evidence for Four Years, Defense Says

Details During an Oct. 25 hearing, a murder defendant’s defense attorney argued that the prosecution withheld evidence that needed to be disclosed to the defense for four years. Alonzo Lewis, 33,... Read More

Motion Hearing Continued for Murder Defendant in Quarantine

Details DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun rescheduled a motion hearing due to the defendant being quarantined at the DC Jail. Alonzo Lewis, 33, is charged with first-degree murder while armed,... Read More

Parties Anticipate 40-50 Witnesses for Double Murder Trial

Details Parties in a double murder case said they are ready to go to trial. Alonzo Lewis, 35, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder while armed for his alleged... Read More

Judge Schedules Trial Dates for Double Homicide Defendant

Details A DC Superior Court judge scheduled trial dates for a defendant charged with a double homicide. Thirty-five year-old Alonzo Lewis is charged with two counts of first-degree murder while armed... Read More

Judge Schedules Hearings in Several Murder Cases

Details On Nov. 13, a DC Superior Court judge scheduled hearings for four murder defendants. Judge Michael Ryan vacated a status hearing for Mark Beasley’s re-opened murder case. In 2017, the... Read More

Defense Requests Name of Witness

Details To better prepare arguments for a murder defendant’s defense, a defense attorney requested the name of a witness. Alonzo Lewis is charged with first-degree murder for allegedly shooting 40-year-old Jaquon... Read More

Defense Counsel Requests More Names of Witnesses

Details During a status hearing, a defense counselor asked a DC Superior Court judge to compel a prosecutor to give all the names of the defendant’s family members who were involved... Read More

Defense Asks Judge to Reconsider Holding Murder Defendant

Details During a motions hearing Sept. 13, a defense attorney asked a DC Superior Court judge to reconsider holding a murder defendant in jail. Alonzo Lewis is charged with first-degree murder... Read More