Each Friday, Homicide Watch brings you a list of upcoming hearings in the cases we follow. All hearings are scheduled for 9:30 a.m. unless otherwise noted. To add an item to the listing, email homicidewatchdc [at] gmail.com. To see scheduled court hearings beyond next week, see our calendar.
On Monday, Kwan Kearney is expected to go to trial on a charge of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Joseph Alonzo Sharps Jr. last November. Sharps was a 17-year-old high school student when he was killed. Judge Thomas Motley will preside.
Jewell Washington is expected for a preliminary hearing with Judge Gerald Fisher. Washington is suspected of second-degree murder in the October stabbing of Mark Goldring, who is either her half- or step-sibling, according to charging documents.
Tarkeyshia Brown is expected for a preliminary hearing with Judge William Jackson at 9:25 a.m. Brown has been charged with first-degree murder in the Oct. 16 stabbing death of Jawan Parker, over an alleged drug debt.
On Tuesday, Rashad Slye is due in court for a preliminary hearing with Judge Fisher at 11:30 a.m. Slye is suspected in the October shooting death of cab driver Domingo Erizike. An earlier preliminary hearing in the case, scheduled for Nov. 29, had to be postponed because Slye had been hospitalized, according to court records.
On Wednesday, Donald Crosland and Kevin Clark are expected for sentencing with Judge Motley. Crosland, 17, amd Clark, 23, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death this January of 17-year-old Ricardo Minger. They each face five to 30 years in prison for the crime.
On Thursday, Donald McCorkle is due in court for a preliminary hearing with Judge Lynn Leibovitz. McCorkle has been charged with second-degree murder in the March shooting death of Bruce Parker. McCorkle’s attorney has argued that he killed Parker in self-defense.
Montez Warren is expected for a preliminary hearing with Judge Leibovitz. Warren is suspected of first-degree murder in the May shooting death of Ervin Lamont Griffin. Charging documents in the case were sealed last month.
On Friday, Curtis Patterson and Rickey Pharr are expected for a status hearing with Judge Motley. They are suspected in the October 2010 shooting death of Angelo Jones.
Rashid Caviness-Bey is expected for a status conference at 2 p.m. with Judge Motley. Caviness-Bey is charged with felony murder in the August shooting death of Osman Al-Akbar.
Deonte Bryant is expected for a felony status conference with Judge Jackson. Bryant has been charged with second-degree murder in the June shooting death of Robert Foster Jr. after the Caribbean Festival in Northwest.
Terrell Brent is expected for a felony status conference with Judge Jackson as well. Brent, who has been charged with voluntary manslaughter in the September death of Lugus Fleming, was released from custody later that month. Fleming was killed in a game of Russian roulette when Brent shot the gun that Fleming had handed to him in Fleming’s direction. Brent’s defense attorney argued that Brent believed the gun was not loaded.
James Sandidge will appear for a preliminary hearing with Judge Fisher. Sandidge is accused of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Keenan Lee near Howard University during the school’s homecoming weekend this October.
Phillip Crooms is due for a felony status conference with Judge Leibovitz. Crooms has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the September 2010 death of Delonte Butler. Butler died after being shot inside of a vehicle, which then collided with a tree. Crooms allegedly helped to set the car on fire, with Butler inside, after the collision. In October, DC Medical Examiner Dr. Lois Goslinoski testified that while it was impossible to determine what killed Butler, injuries from either the shooting or the fire could have been fatal.
Sharrod Peppers is due for a status conference with Judge Leibovitz. Peppers has been charged with first-degree murder in the October 2010 shooting death of Rodney Bean.
Please remember that court dates can change, even at the last minute. To view the docket of a case please go to the D.C. Courts website and search by the defendant’s name.
