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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 Date Decided June 11, 2026 Docket No. […]

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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.