7 results for 'judge:"Beckwith"'.
J. Beckwith suspends Alvin S. Brown for 60 days, and he must demonstrate fitness and pay restitution to be reinstated. Evidence that Brown violated eight rules of professional conduct, including by charging fees for services he did not provide and failing to communicate with a client, supports the Board on Professional Responsibility's recommendations.
Court: DC Court of Appeals, Judge: Beckwith, Filed On: March 7, 2024, Case #: 20-BG-0589, Categories: Evidence, Attorney Discipline
J. Beckwith suspends Pablo A. Zamora for six months for misappropriation of client funds. Although the Board on Professional Responsibility recommended Zamora be disbarred, evidence supports the hearing committee's finding his misappropriation was negligent, rather than reckless.
Court: DC Court of Appeals, Judge: Beckwith, Filed On: March 7, 2024, Case #: 22-BG-0943 , Categories: Evidence, Attorney Discipline
J. Beckwith denies the District of Columbia's bid to heighten the standard needed for an employee to prove retaliation under the D.C. Human Rights Act. The court of appeals' prior decisions have "consistently discussed, applied, and espoused - rather than simply assumed - a less than but-for causation standard for retaliation claims" under the Act. Affirmed.
Court: DC Court of Appeals, Judge: Beckwith, Filed On: January 4, 2024, Case #: 16-CV-1135, Categories: Employment, Employment Retaliation
J. Beckwith reverses the lower court's refusal to suppress evidence of a gun during defendant's firearms-related trial. The police officers, who had pulled over a rideshare vehicle in which defendant had been a passenger, did not have grounds to suspect defendant was armed and dangerous to justify their frisk of his jacket, which was laying in the backseat. Reversed.
Court: DC Court of Appeals, Judge: Beckwith, Filed On: January 4, 2024, Case #: 18-CF-1128 , Categories: Firearms, Search
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J. Beckwith finds the trial court should have granted defendant's request to withdraw his guilty plea to second-degree murder while armed in a case arising from a gun battle, which ensued after he confronted a man for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend. Defense counsel improperly gave up defendant's self-defense claim during the plea colloquy. Reversed.
Court: DC Court of Appeals, Judge: Beckwith, Filed On: June 8, 2023, Case #: 17-CF-1282 , Categories: Murder, Plea