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District of Columbia Criminal

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Carruth v. United States — D.C. Court of Appeals affirms firearms convictions, vacates rifle-carrying count, and upholds mid-testimony no-conferral order

/ July 17, 2026

Case Brian C. Carruth v. United States, et al. Court District of Columbia Court of Appeals Date Decided July 16, […]

District of Columbia Criminal

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Doby v. United States — D.C. Court of Appeals affirms firearm conviction, upholding Terry stop based on totality of circumstances including L-shaped bulge, evasive behavior, flight, and pocket-fiddling

/ July 17, 2026

Case James A. Doby v. United States Court District of Columbia Court of Appeals Date Decided July 16, 2026 Docket

District of Columbia Constitutional Criminal

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Rogers v. United States — D.C. Court of Appeals affirms in-absentia conviction, upholding sally-port waiver of trial-presence right and rejecting Second Amendment felon-in-possession challenge

/ July 17, 2026

Case Lamar Rogers v. United States Court District of Columbia Court of Appeals Date Decided July 16, 2026 Docket No.

District of Columbia Criminal

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Wilson v. United States — D.C. Court of Appeals reverses child-cruelty conviction, holds photographs of temporary red marks insufficient to defeat reasonable parental discipline defense when trial court could not determine how marks were caused

/ July 10, 2026

Case C. Wilson v. United States Court District of Columbia Court of Appeals Date Decided July 9, 2026 Docket No.

District of Columbia Criminal

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

D.W. v. United States — D.C. Court of Appeals (en banc) upholds gun conviction, finding headlong flight from distant officers—without any prior police focus on defendant—established reasonable articulable suspicion

/ July 3, 2026

Case D.W. v. United States Court District of Columbia Court of Appeals (En Banc) Date Decided July 2, 2026 Docket

District of Columbia Criminal

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Perry v. United States — D.C. Court of Appeals affirms simple assault convictions and restitution order, upholding Instagram video admission and in-court eyewitness identification

/ July 3, 2026

Case Jakyra Perry v. United States Court District of Columbia Court of Appeals Date Decided July 2, 2026 Docket No.

District of Columbia Criminal

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Minor v. United States — D.C. Court of Appeals affirms first-degree murder conviction, rejecting ineffective assistance, hearsay, and jury-instruction claims

/ June 26, 2026

Case Joseph Minor v. United States Court District of Columbia Court of Appeals Date Decided June 25, 2026 Docket No.

District of Columbia Criminal

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Caesar v. United States — D.C. Court of Appeals affirms assault and firearms convictions, remands to vacate one merged PFCV count

/ June 12, 2026

Case Diandre Caesar v. United States Court District of Columbia Court of Appeals Judge BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY (George W. Bush, 2006) Date

District of Columbia Appellate Procedure Criminal

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Phillips v. United States — Court Affirms Convictions but Remands Sentence Over Missing Prior-Conviction Inquiry

/ June 8, 2026

The DC Court of Appeals affirmed Bryant Phillips’s convictions for sexual abuse, kidnapping, and assault but remanded for resentencing, holding that the trial court failed to conduct the mandatory statutory inquiry under D.C. Code § 23-111(b) before imposing a life-without-parole sentence as a repeat violent offender.