Judge Robert Okun Archives - Page 18 of 26

Man Sentenced for Shooting 21 Year Old in the Back

Details A DC Superior Court judge sentenced a defendant for shooting a 21-year-old man multiple times in the back in 2018. Co-defendants Kewon Hunter and Stephon Evans were charged with first-degree murder... Read More

Judge Finds Probable Cause for Case of Deadly Stabbing in Congress Heights Neighborhood

Details A DC Superior Court judge found probable cause that a woman committed second-degree murder while armed in relation to a deadly stabbing in the Congress Heights neighborhood. Wayniece Ellis is... Read More

Trial Scheduled After Defendant in 2020 Homicide Case Rejects Plea Deal

Details A DC Superior Court judge scheduled a murder case for trial after the defendant rejected a plea offer. The victim, 39-year-old Edward Pearson, was discovered in an apartment on the... Read More

Double Homicide Case has Enough Evidence to Go to Trial, Judge Rules

Details A Metropolitan Police Department detective continued his testimony on a double homicide investigation during the second day of the defendant’s preliminary hearing, which ended with a DC Superior Court judge... Read More

Murder Defendant Set to Go on Trial in 2024

Details A DC Superior Court judge scheduled a murder defendant to go on trial in 2024. On the afternoon of June 28, 2020, Metropolitan Police Department officers found 20-year-old Antwon Duncan on... Read More

Jurors in Murder Trial Unable to Reach a Verdict

Details A DC Superior Court judge declared a mistrial in the case of Antonio Bassett‘s fatal shooting after the jury was unable to reach a verdict. Chad Hawthorne, 41, is charged... Read More

Judge Finds Probable Cause for Assault With Intent to Kill Case

Details A DC Superior Court judge ruled that the case against a domestic violence defendant charged with assault with intent to kill while armed has enough evidence to go to trial.... Read More

Man Pleads Guilty to 2006 Sexual Assault

Details A man accused of sexually assaulting a stranger back in 2006 accepted a plea offer. According to prosecutors, on Jan. 27, 2006, Landrell Jordan pulled a gun on a woman... Read More

Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Deadly Shooting at Construction Site

Details A Maryland man pleaded guilty to killing Elias Flores while he was working at a construction site in Deanwood. On Nov. 18, 2020, police officers found Flores on the first... Read More

Plea Offer Remains Outstanding as Murder Defendant Doubts New Counsel

Details A public defender said he is struggling to communicate with his client, who is charged with two homicides. Rasheed Young is charged with first-degree murder while armed in the shooting... Read More

Defendant Accused of Sexually Assaulting Woman in Apartment Complex Lobby Given Earlier Trial Date

Details A DC Superior Court judge rescheduled a sexual assault trial to begin at an earlier date. The defendant is accused of attacking a woman in the lobby of a Petworth... Read More

Murder Case Set for Trial Amid Arguments Over Exculpatory Evidence

Details A DC Superior Court judge managed to schedule a murder case for trial despite a clash between parties over exculpatory evidence, also known as Brady material, that the defense says... Read More