Based on a mental health evaluation, Judge Russell Canan ruled Friday that Herbert Hayes is competent to stand trial for the murder of 41-year-old John Wesley Griffin. Canan rescheduled the trial to begin June 24. Judge Canan ordered the evaluation last week after Hayes’ previous attorney, Betty Ballester, disclosed that Hayes had threatened her. At … Read more →
Judge Russell Canan ordered a mental health screening Wednesday to determine whether Herbert Hayes, who Canan suspects has threatened a series of attorneys, is competent to proceed to trial. Hayes, 40, is suspected of fatally stabbing 41-year-old John Wesley Griffen in May of last year. Hayes was arrested three days after Griffen’s death and has … Read more →
Herbert Hayes, through his attorney, pleaded innocent Friday after Judge Russell Canan formally presented him with a first-degree murder charge. A grand jury indicted Hayes, 40, on the charge Wednesday. Hayes is suspected in the May 18, 2012, stabbing death of John Wesley Griffin at the 1200 block of North Capitol Street N.W. and has … Read more →
Herbert Hayes was ordered held today at his preliminary hearing for the stabbing death of John Wesley Griffin after Judge Ann O’Regan Keary found substantial probability that Hayes committed the crime of second-degree murder while armed. Keary’s finding came as a result of a phone call Hayes made to a friend while in custody and … Read more →
Herbert Hayes was ordered held today pending a preliminary hearing on suspicion of second-degree murder. Prosecutors say he fatally stabbed John Wesley Griffin in Northwest DC on Friday night. Charging documents rely on the testimony of one witness, who told police they say Hayes chase Griffin in the street, then punch Griffin, who fell to … Read more →
A 40-year-old Northwest DC man has been arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder while armed in connection with the stabbing death of John Wesley Griffin. Griffen, 42, was fatally stabbed Friday. Herbert Hancock Hayes, also known as Herbert Grayson Hayes, was arrested Monday. He’s likely due in court Tuesday afternoon to be presented with the … Read more →
