Government to Judge Weisberg: “Meh.”
It’ s still undecided whether the annual Superior Court felony calender swap will bring in a new judge – former prosecutor Lynn Leibowitz - to preside over the Wone case through the May 2010 trial. Judge Frederick Weisberg, already 13 months into this case, indicated he was neither inclined to stay...
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Leftover Turkey
Amuse-bouche: Monday will bring the latest round of motions filed. The Government responded, with some very strong language, to the defense request to keep Judge Weisberg on the Wone case. That of course brought another response from the defense. And it seems all discovery disputes have been settled; all except for one single item. ...
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Swann Street Swoons
At Friday’s status hearing we learned that the defense team submitted a joint motion for special assignment, a request of Chief Judge Lee Satterfield that the man presiding over the Wone case, Judge Frederick Weisberg, stay on until completion of the May 2010 trial.
At issue is whether another judge, Lynn Leibowitz inherits Weisberg’s...
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Another Status Hearing, And Very Little Resolved
We will be posting an in-depth summation of today’s status hearing in front of Judge Weisberg shortly.
The long and short of the hour-plus hearing is the number of contested items between the prosecution and defense teams has been whittled down, but the disagreements that remain are more substantial. ...
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What’s Another 30 Days… Or 60 Years?
We are now exactly one month away from the next court date in the Wone case. DC Superior Court Judge Frederick Weisberg has scheduled a status conference for April 24. Perhaps on that day we learn the outcome of the defense team’s Bill of Particulars motion, asking the...
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On August 2nd, 2006, Washington attorney Robert E. Wone was murdered at 1509 Swann Street. Over two years passed before any criminal charges were filed - and then only conspiracy, obstruction of justice and crime scene tampering charges were brought against the Swann Street housemates, all present in the home on the night of the murder: Joe Price, Dylan Ward and Victor Zaborsky.
On May 17, 2010, a DC Superior Court trial got underway and all three defendants were all acquitted in that bench trial on those pending charges.
Nearly four years later, very little seems clear about what happened that night and who murdered Robert Wone. A cloud of suspicion remains over the Swann Street defendants who have denied any involvement in the murder of their friend or in the alleged cover up.
Judge Lynn Leibovitz found a moral certainty in their collective guilt, but not evidentiary certainty. Civil proceedings in a wrongful death suit filed by Robert's family is the next chapter in this tragic story.
We continue to work together seeking answers to the mystery of Robert Wone's murder and in finding justice for his memory and legacy.
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