Judge Juliet McKenna Archives - Page 2 of 21

Parties in Sex Abuse Case Prepare for April Trial

Details A sex abuse case is set to go to trial in April. The defendant is charged with two counts of first-degree sex abuse, assault with intent to commit first-degree sex... Read More

Domestic Violence Case Set for Trial

Details A DC Superior Court judge scheduled a domestic violence defendant indicted on five charges to be tried in front of a jury in November 2022. The defendant is charged with... Read More

Judge Denies Defense Request to Dismiss Murder Case

Details A judge denied a defense attorney’s oral motion to dismiss a murder case currently awaiting indictment. Nijinsky Dix, 38, is charged with first-degree murder while armed in the shooting of... Read More

Judge Disqualifies Public Defender Service from Representing Murder Defendant

Details A DC Superior Court judge disqualified the Public Defender Service (PDS) from representing a defendant in a reopened murder case. In 2017, Eugene Burns was convicted of first-degree murder while... Read More

Judge Schedules Non-Jury Trial for Sex Abuse Case

Details A DC Superior Court judge scheduled a non-jury trial for a sex abuse case. In 2019, the defendant was convicted of multiple counts of second-degree child sex abuse. He was... Read More

Case Acquitted: Judge Postpones Preliminary Hearing for Murder Defendant

Details Green was acquitted of the murder charge on Aug. 24, 2023. A hearing to determine if a murder case has enough evidence to go to trial was postponed after the... Read More

Judge Sentences Sex Abuse Defendant

Details A DC Superior Court judge sentenced a man for two misdemeanor sexual abuse charges. In June, Quentin Mercer was charged with misdemeanor sexual abuse on the accusation that he groped... Read More

Murder Case Set to Go to Trial in May

By Larissa Atkins [former] - October 19, 2021
Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects | Victims |

Details A DC Superior Court judge scheduled a trial for a defendant charged in the death of an 81-year-old man. Tyrone Williams was charged with assault with intent to commit armed... Read More

Judge Sentences Murder Defendant to 40 Years

Details A DC Superior Court judge sentenced a murder defendant to 40 years in prison. In February 2020, a jury found Herman Cook, Jr. guilty of first-degree murder while armed in... Read More

Defense Attorneys in Murder Case Voice Concern for Jailed Clients

Details A DC Superior Court judge denied release requests from defense attorneys in a murder case, who voiced concerns over how their clients are being treated at DC Jail. Delonta Stevenson,... Read More

Murder Case Set for Trial

Details A DC Superior Court judge scheduled a murder case to go before a jury in July 2022. Diantre Smith is charged with first-degree murder while armed in connection with the... Read More

Judge Sets Trial For Child Sex Abuse, Incest Defendant

Details A DC Superior Court judge scheduled a sex abuse and incest case to go to trial in the spring. The defendant is charged with incest, first-degree child sex abuse and... Read More