Victor Carvajal Archives

Judge Finds Defendant Competent to be Sentenced

Details A DC Superior Court judge found a defendant charged in connection with a 2008 homicide competent to be sentenced. In 2015, Joshua Massaquoi was initially charged with first-degree murder while... Read More

Judge Schedules Convicted Murder Defendant to be Sentenced in September

Details On June 24, a DC Superior Court judge scheduled a convicted murder defendant to be sentenced in September. Mason Binion, 34, was convicted of first-degree murder while armed in the... Read More

Judge Finds Defendant Mentally Incompetent to be Sentenced

Details A DC Superior Court judge ruled that a defendant convicted of conspiracy to commit murder, accessory to second-degree murder and possessing a firearm during a crime of violence cannot be... Read More

Judge Sets Hearing in Murder Case

Details A convicted murder defendant’s newly appointed defense attorney asked to continue an April 8 hearing, so that she could have more time to review the case. In Feb. 2020, a... Read More

Judge Grants Defense Attorney’s Motion to Withdraw

Details A DC Superior Court judge granted a defense attorney’s motion to withdraw as counsel for a convicted murder defendant. In Febuary 2020, a jury found 34-year-old Mason Binion guilty of... Read More

Judge Continues Hearing for Homicide Case Defense Counsel Time to Withdraw

Details A DC Superior Court judge continued a status hearing to give defense counsel time to contact the case judge about his motion to withdraw. In February 2020, a jury found... Read More

Judge Denies Defendant’s Request to be Removed From HISP

Details A DC Superior Court judge denied June 30 a defendant’s request to be taken off the High Intensity Supervision Program (HISP.) Joshua Massaquoi pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous... Read More

D.C. Witness Report: Homicide Defendants and Pretrial Release

Details Judges didn’t release as many homicide defendants in 2019 as they did in 2018, data shows According to DC Code, Washington, DC criminal defendants cannot be held in jail from... Read More

Trial Review: Jury Convicts Man for 12-Year-Old Murder

Details After four days of deliberation, a jury convicted a man of a murder that happened 12 years ago. Mason Binion, 32, was found guilty of first-degree murder while armed after... Read More

Prosecutor Agrees to Speak at Sentencing, Says Witness

Details During a murder trial Feb. 4, a key witness told jurors that the prosecution agreed to speak on his behalf at his sentencing if he told the truth. Mason Binion,... Read More

Key Witness Admits to Lying

Details During a murder trial on Feb. 3, a witness said he lied to the jury because he was too scared to tell the truth. Mason Binion, 32, is charged with... Read More

Prosecution Paints Picture of Murder with Photos of Victim and Crime Scene

Details During the second day of a murder trial Jan. 29, along with photos of the body, the prosecution presented ballistic diagrams of bullets found on the crime scene. Mason Binion,... Read More