Experts say the pandemic has created such a backlog at the D.C. Superior Court that many defendants could be held for years before their trials begin.

Police say Anthony Crawford stabbed Wendy Martinez seven times at the intersection of 11th and P Street in Logan Square in September.

A Baltimore judge has vacated the murder conviction.

A Maryland man was convicted this week of wearing a mask when he committed a robbery.

Attorneys for the man convicted of killing Chandra Levy have asked to hear the contents of a 911 call made from her building the day she disappeared.

The attorneys for a man convicted of killing Chandra Levy may seek a new trial, saying that the government’s case against their client was “predicated on a lie.”

Albrecht Muth might be a little odd, but a judge ruled that he’s not crazy enough to avoid standing trial for allegedly killing wife Viola Drath.

Doctors have found that a man accused of a string of brutal hammer attacks in Petworth earlier this year is competent to stand trial.

Albrecht Muth has been found competent to stand trial for the August 2011 killing of his wife, Georgetown socialite Viola Drath.

Members of Occupy D.C. who were arrested last December when the protest group erected a barn-like structure in McPherson Square were found guilty today of disorderly conduct—along with other charges for some—by a magistrate judge in D.C. Superior Court.