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.
The courts will be closed Monday for Labor Day.
On Tuesday,
Charles Young is scheduled to be arraigned before Judge Lynn Leibovitz. He is expected to be charged with five criminal counts, including second-degree murder while armed, in connection with the shooting death of Rokeida Spriggs.
Gary Montgomery is scheduled for a motions hearing before Judge Robert Morin. He is charged with first-degree murder while armed in connection with the stabbing death of Deoni Jones.
Rasdavid Lagarde is scheduled for a status hearing before Judge Lynn Leibovitz. He is charged with eight criminal counts in connection with the July 4, 2013, shooting death of Omar Sykes.
On Wednesday,
Demonta Chappell is scheduled for a trial readiness hearing before Judge Jennifer Anderson. He is scheduled to begin trial on September 8, facing five charges including first-degree murder, in connection with the death of Stevann Moorer.
Kevin Charles is scheduled to be sentenced at 12:30 p.m. before Judge Henry Greene in connection with the shooting death of Steven Curtis Moore. He pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter while armed and conspiracy to commit a crime of violence in June 2013, days before his trial was scheduled to begin.
Tisheena Brown is scheduled to be sentenced before Judge Lynn Leibovitz. In May, she pleaded guilty to one count of voluntary manslaughter in connection to the overdose death of her seven-week-old son Hakeem Brown on Sept. 18, 2013.
On Thursday,
Michael Poth is scheduled for a sentencing hearing before Judge Russell Canan. Jurors convicted him in December 2013 of voluntary manslaughter while armed in connection with the April 2012 stabbing death of Philip Bushong.
On Friday,
Alexander Gomez-Enamorado is scheduled for a status hearing at 12:00 p.m. before Judge Russell Canan. Gomez-Enamorado was convicted of two separate counts of murder in connection with the 2010 stabbing death of 54-year-old Miguel Ventura.
Andre Miles is scheduled for a trial readiness hearing at 12:30 p.m. before Judge John Ramsey Johnson. He is charged with first-degree murder while armed, possession of a firearm during a crime of violence and carrying a pistol without a license outside a home or business in connection with the shooting death of Sandy Greene III.
Daren Vaughn is scheduled for a trial readiness hearing at 11:30 a.m. before Judge John Ramsey Johnson. This is Vaughn’s second trial; in April, jurors found Vaughn innocent of first-degree premeditated murder, but could not decide if he was guilty of voluntary manslaughter while armed.
Donald Dubose is scheduled for a status hearing at 11:00 a.m before Judge Jennifer Anderson. He is suspected of first-degree murder while armed and three related weapons charges in connection with the shooting death of Michael Oshea Smith.
Gregory Green is scheduled for a felony status conference at 10:30 before Judge John Ramsey Johnson. He is suspected of first-degree felony murder in connection with the death of Derrick Eugene Williams.
James Walter Yates III is scheduled for a sentencing at 11:00 a.m. before Judge Russell Canan. He pleaded guilty in June to second-degree murder while armed in connection with the shooting death of Andre Pierce Joyner.
Jeffrey Neal is scheduled for a preliminary hearing at 2:00 p.m. before Judge John Ramsey Johnson. He is suspected of second-degree murder in connection with the beating death of Leon Young.
Joshua Mebane is scheduled for a status hearing before Judge Jennifer Anderson. He is suspected of first-degree murder while armed in connection with the shooting death of Quadar Muhammad.
Leon Allen Smith is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge John Ramsey Johnson. In May, Smith pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and obstruction of justice in connection to the stabbing death of 45-year-old Stephan Manuel Pool.
Todd Green is scheduled for a status hearing at 10:00 a.m. before Judge Robert Morin. He is charged with six criminal counts including first-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of Timothy Delonte Dawkins.
Robert Osborne is scheduled for a felony status conference at 10:00 a.m. before Judge John Ramsey Johnson. He is suspected of second-degree murder while armed in connection with the shooting death of Vincent Purvis.
Tracy Mathis is scheduled for a felony status conference at 10:00 a.m. before Judge Russell Canan. He is suspected of second-degree murder in connection with the stabbing death of India Chapple.
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.
