In brief:
One person was killed in D.C. this week. Randolph Scott Harris Jr., 31, was found shot Friday inside of a burning apartment located in the 1000 block of Euclid Street Northwest.
Amber Middleton, a 22-year-old woman who was subpoenaed to testify in the “21st and Vietnam” murder trial, was arrested on a charge of obstructing justice after allegedly refusing to answer questions in connection with the shooting death of Steven Curtis Moore.
James Sandidge was tried for the shooting death of Keenan Lee. Prosecutors argued that Sandidge “brought a gun to a fist fight.” But Sandidge’s defense attorney argued that Sandidge is innocent and that the person responsible for Lee’s death was acting in self-defense. Jury deliberations are expected to resume Monday.
Marlon Williams was found guilty Friday of first-degree felony murder while armed in connection with the 2010 shooting death of Min Soo Kang.
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.
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Jurors in the case against James Sandidge were instructed to continue deliberating in the case Friday, despite concerns from some jurors about safety and contact with families related to the case.
Judge Lynn Leibovitz said jurors told her they were concerned with their safety as jurors, some claiming to have been followed while outside of the courtroom.
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A man found dead in a burning apartment in Northwest DC early Friday has been identified by police as 31-year-old Randolph Scott Harris, Jr.
Police say he was the victim of a homicide.
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Marlon Williams was found guilty Friday of first-degree felony murder while armed for the September 2010 shooting death of Min Soo Kang.
Jurors in the case deliberated for approximately one day before delivering their verdict at around 1:15 p.m. Williams was also found guilty of related robbery and weapons charges.
The trial was Williams’ second in the case; a February trial resulted in a hung jury when jurors couldn’t reach a verdict.
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A man found inside a burning apartment in Northwest DC had been shot, WJLA and NBC Washington report.
According to reports, firefighters responded to a blaze in an apartment in the 1000 block of Euclid Street Northwest around 6:00 a.m. Friday. They found the man’s body inside the apartment. It was later determined that he had been shot.
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On the final day of Marlon Williams‘ retrial on a charge that he shot and killed Min Soo Kang, a courthouse confidante took the stand to share with jurors what Williams said outside the courtroom during his first trial.
“It’s time to put on my game face,” Williams allegedly told Alton Garbla as the two men got dressed to head back into court and adjusted one another’s ties. “If you didn’t know anything about my case, could you tell that I had murdered somebody?”
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A woman who was subpoenaed to testify in the “21st and Vietnam” murder trial has been arrested on a charge of obstructing justice after allegedly refusing to answer questions—or to be sworn in to testify—at trial.
Amber Middleton, 22, was presented at D.C. Superior Court Thursday afternoon, where a judge found cause to hold her. She was ordered held pending a preliminary hearing on the charge.
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Jurors began deliberating Wednesday in the murder case charging James Sandidge with the murder of Keenan Jerel Lee; they are weighing charges of first-degree mruder and three related weapons charges.
Sandidge’s defense attorney has argued that Sandidge is innocent and that the person responsible for Lee’s death— whoever it is— was acting in self-defense.
Prosecutors, though, say Sandidge is the man who fired at Lee, striking and killing him.
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During opening statements in the Marlon Williams murder trial Tuesday prosecutors said forensic evidence and witness testimony will prove Williams shot Min Soo Kang, stole his car, and then left him for dead on the side of the road.
But Russell Hairston, Williams’ defense attorney, argued that the government “didn’t do their job,” and that there is no evidence proving beyond a reasonable doubt that his client committed the murder.
Williams, 32, is charged with first-degree felony murder in the September 2010 shooting death of 37-year-old Kang. This is Williams’ second trial in the case; jurors in the first trial deadlocked in February.
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