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Six Defendant Trial Again Delayed For Defense Motions on Evidence, Jail Separation

By Allyson Nelles - March 19, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides |

Details A six co-defendant homicide case from 2021 has been further delayed because of new pre-trial defense motions filed on March 19 including a request to end to a forced separation... Read More

Judge Quashes Some Prosecution Evidence in Triple-Homicide Trial

By Allyson Nelles - March 18, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides |

Details More than three weeks after a jury trial was slated to begin, the final motions for a six co-defendant homicide case were decided by DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz... Read More

Mass Shooting Defendant Motions for New Trial in 7-Year-Old Case

Details A mass shooting defendant argued his counsel was ineffective and motioned for a new trial before DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun in a hearing on March 17. Antonio Murchison,... Read More

Judge Rules on Prosecution’s Evidence in Co-Defendant Mass Shooting Case

Details DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz heard arguments about the nickname of a murder weapon in pre-trial motions in a mass shooting case with six co-defendants during a hearing on... Read More

‘You Barely Heard His Name at This Trial,’ Defense Argues in Mass Shooting, Homicide

Details Defense counsel provided closing arguments for three co-defendants in a mass shooting trial before DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun on Aug. 15. Mark Price, 29, and his co-defendant Antonio... Read More

Homicide Defendant’s Friend Worries About Being A Prosecution Snitch

Details A homicide defendant’s childhood friend returned to the stand to testify in front of DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun on Aug. 12. However, the witness said he was concerned about... Read More

Weapons Evidence, Testimony From Ex-Girlfriend Presented in Homicide Trial of Child Victim

Details Prosecutors introduced evidence of murder defendants allegedly with guns, then called the ex-girlfriend of a defendant to testify in front of DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun on July 23.... Read More

Homicide Trial Delayed Due to Defendant’s ‘Illness’

Details A homicide conspiracy trial was postponed after a defendant failed to appear before DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun on July 8 due to “an illness,” according to US Marshals. ... Read More

Public Defender Snafu Postpones Hearing in Murder Case

By D.C. Witness Staff - May 18, 2023
Daily Stories | Uncategorized |

Details A hearing before DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein was delayed on May 18 because the DC public defender’s office failed to provide a new attorney for a murder suspect.... Read More

Defense Files Motion to Suppress Use of Defendant’s iCloud Data In Trial

Details A murder defendant appeared in front of D.C. Superior Court Judge Anthony C. Epstein on Feb. 1 to discuss a pending motion in his case. Joshua Emmanuel Franklin was indicted... Read More

Sex Abuse Defendant Held in Quarantine

Details A sex abuse defendant was unable to appear in court due to being in quarantine at the DC Jail. The 36-year-old defendant allegedly asked a woman at a metro stop... Read More

Murder Case Has Enough Evidence to Go to Trial, Judge Rules

Details A DC Superior Court judge ruled that a homicide case has enough evidence to go to trial. Joshua Franklin, 36, is charged with first-degree murder while armed in the shooting... Read More