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,
Terrell Brent is expected for a status hearing with Judge William Jackson. Brent is suspected of voluntary manslaughter while armed in the shooting death of Lugus Fleming during a rumored game of Russian Roulette.
On Tuesday,
Irving Johnson is expected for a status hearing with Judge Gerald Fisher. Johnson is suspected of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of Domonique Barber and Jimmie Lee Simmons III.
Stephanie Lawson is expected for a status hearing with Judge Lynn Leibovitz. Lawson is suspected of second-degree murder while armed in the stabbing death of Karen Jordan.
Larnell Allen is expected for a status conference with Judge Thomas Motley. According to Prosecutor David Saybolt, Allen has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of Joseph Alonzo Sharps Jr. He testified this week at trial against former co-defendant, Kwan Kearney.
On Wednesday,
Jekwan Smith is expected for a preliminary hearing with Judge Fisher. Smith is suspected of first-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of Isaiah Sheffield.
Patricia Cave and Phillip Crooms are expected for status hearings with Judge Leibovitz. Cave is suspected of voluntary manslaughter while armed in the stabbing death of Lamont Warren. Crooms is suspected of felony murder in the death of Delonte Butler.
On Thursday,
Christian Navarette-Rivas is expected for a preliminary hearing with Judge Leibovitz. Navarette-Rivas is suspected of second-degree murder while armed in the death of Miguel Angel Drullard Jr, who is believed to have been struck by a vehicle in a gang fight.
Judge Leibovitz is also expecting Joseph Spinks and William Faison. Spinks is suspected of felony murder in the death of Delonte Butler. Faison is suspected in the shooting death of Jeffrey Yarnell Covington.
Kevin Clark and Donald Crosland are scheduled for sentencing with Judge Motley. They have each pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of Ricardo Minger. The sentencing is scheduled for noon.
Judge Motley is also expecting Eugene Kelly for a status hearing. Kelly is suspected of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Isaiah Daniel Harris.
Dominique Bassil is expected for a status hearing with Judge Fisher. Bassil is suspected of involuntary manslaughter in the stabbing death of Vance Darnell Harris II.
On Friday,
Four preliminary hearings are scheduled.
Judge Jackson is expected to hold preliminary hearings in the following cases: Felicia Jonesand Tarkeyshia Brown.
Jones is suspected of second-degree murder while armed in the stabbing death of Jodie Ward. Brown is suspected of first-degree murder while armed in the shooting death of Jawan Parker.
Judge Leibovitz is expected to hold preliminary hearings in the following cases: Donald McCorkle, and David Warren and Montez Warren (co-defendants).
McCorkle is suspected of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Bruce Parker. David and Montez Warren, brothers, are co-defendants suspected of felony murder while armed in the shooting death of Ervin Lamont Griffin.
Judge Jackson is also expecting Keith Littlepage for arraignment on a charge of first-degree murder with aggravating circumstances. He’s charged with killing Selina Knight.
He’s also expecting Robert Carter for a mental observation hearing. Carter is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of his daughter, Angel Morse.
Judge Jackson is also expecting Sharrod Peppers, Brandon Andrews and Terry Jimenez for status hearings. Peppers is suspected of second-degree murder while armed in connection with the shooting death of Rodney Bean. Andrews is suspected of second-degree murder while armed in connection with the shooting death of Leonard Alphonso Bigelow. Jimenez is suspected of second-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of Robert Foster Jr.
Judge Motley is expecting Curtis Patterson and Davon Holms for status hearings. Patterson is charged with first-degree murder while armed in the shooting death of Angelo Jones. Holms is suspected in the stabbing death of Marcellus Terrell Bailey.
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.
