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Judge Denies Dismissal Motion for Defendant Awaiting New Trial

By D.C. Witness Staff - October 22, 2020
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects |

Details A DC Superior Court judge denied a motion to dismiss a case involving multiple felonies that dates back to 2013. However, he did grant a motion to submit clothing for... Read More

Judge Issues 3 Bench Warrants During Probation, Pretrial Hearings

By D.C. Witness Staff - October 7, 2020
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects |

Details A DC Superior Court judge issues three bench warrants during the eight probation and pretrial hearings over which she presided on Oct. 7. Judge Julie Becker issued a bench warrant... Read More

Judge Issues 3 Bench Warrants During Probation, Pretrial Hearings

By D.C. Witness Staff - October 7, 2020
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects |

Details A DC Superior Court judge issues three bench warrants during the eight probation and pretrial hearings over which she presided on Oct. 7. Judge Julie Becker issued a bench warrant... Read More

Judge Sentences Co-Defendants to 8 Years

Details During a sentencing March 6, three co-defendants received eight years in prison. Marcus Martin, 22, Marc Butler, 23, and William Cunningham, 32, are sentenced for voluntary manslaughter and assault with... Read More

Judge Refuses to Withdraw Plea, Sentences Murderer to 19 Years

Details During a sentencing Nov. 13, a murder defendant was sentenced to 19 years in prison. Shelby Jones pleaded guilty to second-degree murder while armed for allegedly shooting 17-year-old Davon Fisher on the 400... Read More

Judge Finds Substantial Probability in Case of Police Employee

Details A judge found substantial proabability for first-degree murder while armed and assault with intent to kill while armed for a former Metropolital Police Department (MPD) civilian employee. Ronnika Jennings, 41,... Read More

Did a Murder Defendant’s Learning Disability Lead to Murder?

Details A defendant’s learning disability may have led him to murder, according to results from intellectual and behavioral assessments. Shelby Jones pleaded guilty to second-degree murder while armed for allegedly shooting... Read More

Judge Sentences A Murder Defendant to 15 Years in Prison

Details A judge sentenced Sept. 6, a murder defendant to 15 years in prison after denying his motion to take back a plea. In April, Ricardo Daquan Boston pleaded guilty to voluntary... Read More

3 Murder Defendants Waive Right to Test DNA

Details Three homicide defendants waived their rights to independent DNA testing on July 24. Co-defendants Marcus Martin, Marc Butler and William Cunningham are charged with felony murder while armed, assault with intent... Read More

Murder Defendant’s Reason to Withdraw Plea Has No Legality, Judge Says

Details A DC Superior Court judge said July 17 there was no legal grounds for a murder defendant to withdraw his guilty plea. Ricardo Boston pleaded guilty to murder on April... Read More

Judge Refuses to Release Ex-Police Department Employee Charged in Homicide

Details A DC Superior Court judge denied defense counsel’s request to release a defendant who previously worked for the Metropolitan Police Department. Ronnika Jennings is charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree... Read More

Judge Transfers Four-Defendant Murder Trial to Another Judge

By D.C. Witness Staff - May 1, 2019
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects |

Details A DC Superior Court judge transferred April 30 a murder trial to another judge’s calendar after the defense said they would not be ready for trial in 2019. Derek Turner is charged... Read More