Washington Post Profiles Judge Lynn Leibovitz
Keith Alexander of the Post had a crackerjack profile of the presiding judge in the Wone trial, Lynn Leibovitz, in yesterday’s edition.
Profiled in these pages this past January, Alexander draws a good picture of the judge, the daughter of New York State judicial royalty.
She came to this case well...
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Government Quotes the Defendants’ Words Back At Them
The Government responded earlier this week, not surprisingly, in opposition to the separate defense filings to suppress the defendants’ statements they gave the night of the murder from being entered at trial.
In doing so, AUSA Glenn Kirschner revealed new details about what Joe did immediately after finding Robert’s...
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The January 15 Status Hearing
DC Superior Court’s steam-powered rule that prohibits TV coverage of hearings has long vexed both seasoned journalists and cub reporters alike.
Not dissuaded, and taking a cue from the rascals who are reenacting the Prop 8 proceedings in California (the federal civil trial concerning the legality of same sex marriage), we offer a similar...
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Paper Flies Ahead of Friday’s Status Hearing
It’s become the norm that motions are filed ahead of the status hearings and this week is no exception.
Three of them have hit the DC Superior Court Clerk’s office in recent days:
Gov’t Response to Defendants’ Joint Motion to Exclude Uncharged Criminal Misconduct Filed Attorney: PHILLIPS, CHANNING
Gov’t Response to...
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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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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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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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