Alphonso Walker Archives

Trial in 5-year-old Double Homicide Case Continues Due to Appeal Motion

Details Following a mistrial, defense attorneys for Alphonso Walker filed a motion with the DC Court of Appeals regarding DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt’s denial of their motion to dismiss... Read More

New Trial Date Set for Double Homicide Case

Details On May 12, DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt set a new trial date for a double homicide case following a mistrial on May 10. Alphonso Walker, 45, is charged... Read More

Judge Admits Error and Declares a Mistrial in Five-Year-Old Homicide Case

Details DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt admitted she erred in not telling jurors that testimony from a key prosecution witness in a double murder trial was “inadmissible hearsay.” “I will... Read More

Defense Files for Mistrial in Double Homicide Case

Details On May 9, defense attorneys for murder suspect Alphonso Walker filed for a mistrial alleging misconduct after prosecutors elicited a potentially prejudicial statement from a witness. Walker, 45, is charged... Read More

Defense Attacks Credibility of Expert Gun Witness in Double Murder Trial

Details Whether a weapon introduced as evidence matches the gun used to kill two murder victims was hotly debated during an ongoing trial before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on... Read More

Witness at Crime Scene Testifies in Double Homicide Case

Details As a double homicide trial continued before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt, on May 3, an eyewitness testified about receiving an emotional phone call from inside the house where the killings... Read More

Homeowner Testifies in Long standing Double Homicide Case

Details The owner of a home where a double murder took place testified in a May 2 hearing before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt he was in the house when... Read More

Defense Reveals Murder Witness Has Previous Perjury Conviction

Details The defense disparaged a key eyewitness’s credibility in a murder trial after revealing inconsistencies in her testimony, and citing her prior conviction for perjury. Alphonso Walker, 45, is charged with... Read More

Defense Tries to Show Flaws in Detectives’ Investigation of Double Homicide

Details On April 27, the defense attempted to show Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) detectives’ failure to probe other suspects during the investigation for a double homicide case. Alphonso Walker, 45, is... Read More

Defense Reveals Strategy In Double Homicide Trial

Details On April 26, defense revealed its defense strategy by asking the prosecution’s witness about possible perpetrators who were thought to be suspects during a homicide investigation. Alphonso Walker, 45, is... Read More

Prosecution’s Images of Crime Place Jurors at Scene in Double Homicide Trial

Details On April 25, three expert witnesses testified regarding their involvement in the investigation of the scene where Delonte Wilson and Antone Brown were killed. Alphonso Walker, 45, is charged with... Read More

5 Years Later: Attorneys Deliver Opening Statements In Double Murder Case

Details In order for trial to start DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt denied a murder defendant’s previously filed motion before DC Superior Court Judge Marsia Demeo. The motion claimed there... Read More