Lynn Leibovitz, a District of Columbia superior court judge, issued an order that shut down motions to dismiss the charges on Thursday. The defendants will be tried in groups starting in November and continuing through 2018. Leibovitz heard the arguments in July.
The defendants claimed the indictment did not allege which acts of rioting each of the defendants allegedly committed. According to the charging document, all the defendants were lumped together as a group and the various acts of rioting, including breaking of store windows, were listed altogether and not attributed to specific defendants.
Even so, Leibovitz maintained the cases could move forward. In response, Leibovitz said these issues should be addressed at trial. – READ MORE
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