Darryl Finney Archives - D.C. Witness

Judge Grants Defendant’s Request For New Counsel in 2020 Homicide case

By Izabella Apodaca [former] - December 1, 2023
Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects | Victims |

Details On Dec. 1, DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein granted the defendant’s request for new counsel in a homicide case. Daundrey Scott, 29, is charged with first-degree murder, assault with... Read More

Appointment of New Counsel Could Push Trial Date to Next Year

Details During a status hearing on Feb. 15, DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein said he would appoint new counsel for a defendant in murder case, which could get moved to... Read More

Judge Approves Defense Attorney’s Motion for Independent Counsel

Details On Jan. 26, DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein granted a defense attorney’s motion to implement independent counsel for a defendant charged in connection to the murder of a 62-year... Read More

Defense Plans to Conduct Independent DNA Testing in Murder Case

Details DC Superior Court Judge Milton Lee presided over parties as a defense attorney expressed his desire to conduct independent testing on behalf of a murder defendant. D’aundrey Scott, 28, is... Read More

Murder Defendant Will Execute Right to Test DNA

By Dylan Berman [former] - July 13, 2022
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Victims |

Details A homicide defendant decided to proceed with independent DNA testing after the prosecution’s DNA test results were returned. D’aundrey Scott, 28, is charged with first-degree murder after allegedly igniting a... Read More

Defendant Accused of Murder, Arson Rejects Plea Offer

Details A murder defendant accused of setting a man on fire rejected a plea offer. During the early hours of May 13, 2020, firefighters found 62-year-old Darryl Finney suffering from burns... Read More

Plea Negotiations Underway for Defendant Accused of Setting a Man on Fire

Details Parties in a murder case said they are negotiating a plea deal and are likely to reach an agreement in the near future. D’Aundrey Scott is charged with first-degree murder... Read More

Judge Schedules Preliminary Hearing for Murder Case

Details On July 28, a DC Superior Court judge scheduled a hearing to determine if a murder case has enough evidence to go to trial. D’Aundrey Scott, 27, is charged with... Read More

Defendant in Homicide Case Gets Time to Discusses Plea Deal with Attorney

Details A DC Superior Court judge scheduled a status hearing for later this month to give a defense attorney time to discuss the prosecution’s plea offer with his client. D’Aundrey Scott,... Read More

Defense Expresses Concern, Judge Reschedules Homicide Hearing

Details A DC Superior Court judge rescheduled a preliminary hearing in a homicide case in light of new GPS and facial recognition evidence. Darryl Finney, 62, was killed in a fire... Read More

Judge Schedules Hearings in Homicide Cases for Next Year

Details A DC Superior Court judge scheduled hearings for four homicide cases, including two that have been open since 2017. Judge Danya Dayson scheduled Chad Hawthorne for a trial readiness hearing... Read More

Homicides Rise in May by More than 50 Percent

By D.C. Witness Staff - June 5, 2020
Featured | Infographics |

Details After a slight increase in April and no fluctuation in March or February, the homicide count in May rose by nearly 60 percent as of June 5. There were 19... Read More