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Judge Reschedules Sentencing for Co-defendants in Homicide Case

Details DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun agreed to reschedule a sentencing hearing for a 2017 homicide case. Quincy Garvin, 22, and Saquan Williams, 20, were arrested and initially charged with... Read More

Judge Removes GPS Tracking from Defendant Accused of Killing Her Child

Details During an Aug. 5 hearing, DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt allowed a defendant accused of killing her 16-month-old child to be taken off GPS monitoring while on pretrial release. ... Read More

Judge Releases 2 Homicide Defendants to Home Confinement

Details During a hearing on Aug. 2, DC Superior Court Judge Milton Lee released two homicide defendants into home confinement and GPS monitoring. Alonzo Brown, 25, and Naquel Henderson, 25, are... Read More

Judge Denies Prosecutor’s Motion to Admit Witness Statements

Details After listening to counsel arguments on July 29, DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan decided not to admit a contested witness’s statements about a homicide defendant. Robert Moses, 23, and... Read More

Judge Denies Release for Former D.C. Police Officer Charged With Child Sex Abuse

Details DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun denied releasing a former Metropolitan Police Department officer on July 18. He also rescheduled the officer’s preliminary hearing. A former Metropolitan Police Department (MPD)... Read More

Jury Delivers Partial Verdict in 2018 Drive-By Shooting Trial

Details A jury found one co-defendant guilty of multiple charges including first-degree murder as it returned a partial verdict in a month-long murder trial. Saquan Williams, 20, and Quincy Garvin, 22,... Read More

Defense Rests Case, Raises Suspicion of Inside Job During Homicide Trial

Details The defense rested their case in a homicide trial on July 6 after one day of calling witnesses who alluded to the possibility of the murder being committed by the... Read More

Judge Permits Homicde Defendant to Leave House Arrest for Work, Victim’s Family Outraged

By Carrie McDonald [former] - July 1, 2022
Daily Stories | Documents | Homicides |

Details A homicide victim’s family disapproved of Judge Maribeth Raffinan decision to allow a homicide defendant to leave house arrest for employment purposes. Dohn Harmon, 23, is charged with first-degree murder... Read More

Judge Addresses Conflict Counsel In Homicide Case

Details DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Rafinnan heard arguments concerning prior representation of two co-defendants during a June 24 hearing. Robert Moses, 23, and James Mayfield, 22, have been charged in... Read More

Domestic Violence Defendant Decides Against Pursuing Insanity Defense

By Mark Lu [former] - May 13, 2022
Court | Daily Stories | Domestic Violence | Suspects |

Details The defense team in a domestic violence case is no longer pursuing a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. The defendant is indicted on charges of assault with... Read More

Parties Deliver Closing Arguments After Murder Defendant Questions Witnesses

Details Murder defendant Chad Hawthorne questioned three witnesses during the sixth day of his trial. The day’s proceedings wrapped up with attorneys delivering their closing arguments. Hawthorne, 41, is accused of... Read More

Prosecution Calls its First Witnesses in Day Two of Deadly Apartment Shooting Trial

Details Chad Hawthorne is on trial for the murder of 35-year-old Antonio Bassett in a Fort Davis Park apartment complex. Four witnesses took the stand during the second day of his trial... Read More