Each week, 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,
The trial of Johnathan Dawkins is scheduled to begin before Judge Russell Canan. Dawkins is charged with second-degree murder while armed in connection with the stabbing death of Dwayne Brisbon.
Carlos Parks and Troy Robinson are scheduled to be arraigned before Judge Jennifer Anderson in connection with the shooting death of Tywayne Thompson. Parks is expected to be charged with three counts of first-degree murder and five related charges and Robinson is expected to be charged with two counts of first-degree murder and six related charges.
On Thursday,
Deangelo Williams is scheduled for a status hearing before Judge Jennifer Anderson. Williams is charged with first-degree murder while armed and six related charges in connection with the shooting death of Lucki Pannell.
On Friday,
Burnis Cole is scheduled for a trial readiness hearing before Judge Jennifer Anderson. Cole is charged with first-degree murder while armed and one related charge in connection with the stabbing death of Raasheem Jamal Rich.
David Washington is scheduled for a felony status conference before Judge Russell Canan. Washington is suspected of first-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of Deangelo Gatling.
Joshua Mebane is scheduled for a status hearing before Judge Jennifer Anderson. Mebane is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and eight related charges in connection with the shooting death of Quadar Muhammad. Anderson ordered a competency exam as part of Mebane’s insanity defense.
Melvin Linkins is scheduled for a status hearing before Judge Jennifer Anderson. Linkins is charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of fireman Marc Dancy.
Michael Coleman is scheduled for a felony status conference before Judge Jennifer Anderson. Coleman is suspected of second-degree murder in connection with the stabbing death of Candace Reed.
William Hunt is scheduled for a preliminary hearing at 9:45 a.m. before Judge Rhonda Winston. Hunt is suspected of second-degree murder in connection with the stabbing death of 48-year-old George White.
Robert Osborne is scheduled for a felony status conference at 10:00 a.m. before Judge John Ramsey Johnson. Osborne is suspected of second-degree murder while armed in connection with the shooting death of Vincent Purvis.
Tracy Mathis is scheduled for a preliminary hearing at 10:00 a.m. before Judge Russell Canan. Mathis is suspected of second-degree murder in connection with the stabbing death of 26-year-old India Chapple.
Lamonte Hill is scheduled to be sentenced at 11:00 a.m. before Judge John Ramsey Johnson. Hill pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter while armed in the stabbing and shooting death of 26-year-old Brian Bloomfield.
Sosefina Amoa is scheduled to be sentenced at 11:30 a.m. before Judge Robert Morin. Amoa pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the smothering death of her infant son.
Michael Davis is scheduled for a status hearing at 12:00 p.m. before Judge Jennifer Anderson. Davis is charged with first-degree murder and eight related charges in connection with the hammer death of 66-year-old nurse Gary Dederichs.
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.
