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 Wednesday, Sharrod Peppers is expected for a status hearing with Judge Ronna Beck. Peppers is charged with first-degree murder while armed in the shooting death of Rodney Bean. A jury trial is scheduled for June 18.
On Thursday, Anthony Speight is scheduled for a status hearing with Judge Ann Keary. Speight is suspected of felony murder in the shooting death of Bill Mitchell in January 2011.
James Fields is scheduled for a felony status conference Thursday with Judge Beck. Fields is suspected of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Christopher Freeman in Southeast DC in August 2011.
On Friday, Christopher Williams is scheduled for a preliminary hearing with Judge Beck at 11 a.m. Williams is suspected of felony murder in the fatal robbery of Kevin Blackwell Jr. Derrell Bennett and Reginald Vance are scheduled for a status hearing with Judge Beck on Friday. Bennett and Vance both pleaded innocent to charges of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Keith Banks in November 2010.
Eugene Kelly is expected for a status hearing with Judge Motley on Friday at 10:15 a.m. Kelly pleaded innocent to six charges, including first-degree murder, in the May 2011 shooting death of Isaiah Daniel Harris.
Karl Pugh is expected for a felony status conference with Judge Motley on Friday. Pugh is suspected of second-degree murder while armed in the September 2011 shooting death of Lester Wright is scheduled for a status hearing with Judge Beck at 10:30 a.m. Wright pleaded innocent to first-degree murder while armed in the August shooting death of Howard Williams.
Phillip Crooms is scheduled for a felony status conference with Judge Beck Friday. Crooms is suspected of felony murder in the death of Joseph Spinks a bottle of rubbing alcohol to light Butler’s car on fire after Butler was shot.
Stephen Barnes is scheduled for a preliminary hearing with Judge Motley. Barnes is suspected of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Stephon Way at a Benning Road NE gas station on Dec. 10.
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.
