In brief:
Judge William Jackson turned down Brian Gaither‘s request to withdraw his guilty plea Friday in the death of Latisha Frazier.
Police identified the man shot and killed outside Balletto nightclub Thursday as 24-year-old Paul Aime Tanoh Danzo of Laurel, Md. Officers found Danzo sitting in his vehicle and saw he had been shot several times.
Judge Lynn Leibovitz found substantial probability Wednesday that Claire Rice shot and killed her cousin, Anthony Garland Rice, last year. Prosecutors say the killing came from a plan to cash in on a life insurance policy.
Probable cause was found Wednesday in the case against Donte Graves, an 18-year-old suspected in the murder of Tyrone Joyner near Nationals Park Feb. 24.
Judge Russell Canan relented Tuesday on a plan to bring Albrecht Muth to trial March 25 by video conference from United Medical Center after both parties objected to his video conferencing plan.
