Judge Milton Lee Archives - Page 9 of 23

Murder Defendant Receives New Public Defender

Details The defendant charged in 36-year-old Jimmy Beynum’s murder wrote a letter to the judge assigned to his case asking for a new attorney. Taylor Emanuel, 38, is charged with first-degree... Read More

Murder Trial Cancelled After Defendant Pleads Guilty

Details Approximately one month before a 2019 murder case was set to go to trial, the defendant accepted a plea deal. Diquan Lucas pleaded guilty to shooting 33-year-old Brian Butler in... Read More

Parties Prepare for April Murder Trial

Details A DC Superior Court judge reviewed multiple motions in a murder case as parties gear up to go to trial next month. Tondrick Murphy, 31, is charged with first-degree murder... Read More

Judge Finds Probable Cause for Case Against Two Men Charged in 2014 Homicide

Details Nearly seven years went by before police made any arrests in the death of 46-year-old Kevin Robinson. Now, they think they have their men, and one of them is the... Read More

Man Accused of Sexually Abusing 13-Year-Old Girl Considering Plea Offer

Details A man accused of repeatedly sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl was given more time to consider a plea offer. The 36-year-old defendant said he knows the victim through a mutual... Read More

Global Plea Offer in the Works for Murder Defendant

Details A prosecutor informed a DC Superior Court judge they are in the process of extending a plea offer to a murder defendant. On December 3, 2020, Metropolitan Police Department officers... Read More

Judge Orders Parties To Resolve Disagreements After Rescheduling Manslaughter Defendant’s Sentencing

Details A DC Superior Court judge rescheduled a homicide defendant’s sentencing due to parties having disagreements over certain specifics of the sentence. In February 2019, Terica Younger pleaded guilty to voluntary... Read More

Acquitted: Murder Defendant Arraigned, Scheduled for Trial

Details Editor’s note: On May 30, 2024 a jury acquitted Devonte Brothers of all charges connected to the homicide of Deron Leake. Brothers is still being held on homicide charges in... Read More

Defendant Expected to Serve 6.25 Years After Pleading Guilty to Manslaughter

Details More than two years after Jamal Bandy was fatally shot in Congress Heights, the defendant charged in his death took a plea deal that includes an agreement between parties to... Read More

Murder Case Faces Possible Dismissal After Defense Says They Never Received Important Evidence

Details A DC Superior Court judge told prosecutors to show him why he should not dismiss a 2019 murder case following their alleged failure to disclose evidence even as the trial... Read More

Prosecutor Must Turn Over Video Evidence Ahead of April Murder Trial

Details A DC Superior Court judge set a deadline for a prosecutor to turn over video evidence in a murder case set to go to trial this spring. Diquan Lucas, 25,... Read More

Judge Finds Substantial Probability After Parties Scrutinize Footage of Deadly Encounter

Details A DC Superior Court judge found substantial probability in the case of a fatal shooting last October. Javon Duckwilder is charged with first-degree murder while armed in the shooting of... Read More