Former D.C. Councilmember Harold Brazil has been found guilty of misdemeanor assault stemming from a fracas at Georgetown tattoo parlor Jinx Proof last October. In reaching her bench verdict, D.C. Superior Court Judge Jennifer Anderson found that Brazil had initiated the fight, and that the various accounts of what happened thereafter are immaterial. "What happens [...]
Reporting by Mike DeBonis
Closing arguments recently wrapped on United States vs. Harold Brazil. In case you missed it, catch up on the former councilmember testifying on his own behalf. Judge Jennifer Anderson dismissed participants with the announcement that her ruling will happen on Friday, May 1. Details on the closings to come. Check more trial [...]
Reporting by Jason Cherkis
Today, in Room 218 of D.C. Superior Court, the trial of former At-Large Councilmember Harold Brazil lumbered on.
A quick refresher: Brazil's charges stem from an Oct. 9, 2008, incident at Georgetown tattoo parlor Jinx Proof. After 7 p.m. that night, Brazil entered the shop with two female companions, one of whom went [...]
The day's proceedings in United States v. Harold Brazil wrapped up shortly before 5 p.m. today, with the trial to continue Monday in Judge Jennifer Anderson's courtroom.
Read up if you missed the earlier coverage. The afternoon's testimony introduced the two women who accompanied Brazil to the rowdy night at the tattoo parlor. First to testify [...]
Moments ago in D.C. Superior Court's Room 218, Judge Jennifer Anderson dismissed a motion brought by the attorney for Harold Brazil to acquit the councilmember on the misdemeanor assault charges against him. G. Allen Dale argued that there wasn't enough evidence in the day's testimony to convict the former lawmaker.
That testimony came from Jinx [...]
In an October confrontation at a Georgetown tattoo parlor, former D.C. Councilmember Harold Brazil pissed on the shop floor, according to testimony this morning in his trial on misdemeanor assault charges at D.C. Superior Court. His attorney argues that he was provoked in the most vile manner possible.
The public urination occurred in the midst of [...]
