26-plus years on the bench, one of the worst cases that i ve seen. each one of the four defendants here pled guilty to criminal sexual conduct first degree and whether they participated directly or were aiders and abettors, there s no difference in the law. all four of these defendants were clearly involved. any one of you could have intervened and stopped it short of really horrific criminal sexual assault. though each of the four men agreed to a plea that allows for maximum sentences, they have banked on the judge being lenient. the first to be sentenced is rederick melton. first of all, on armed robbery, the sentence of this court that you be committed to michigan department of
the charges are home invasion, armed robbery and criminal sexual conduct. the victim of the latter crime as a female college student. the state versus rederick melton, people versus brandon townes. people versus james hodges. people versus dorian jones. the record we have all four defendants with respective counsel, mr. becker. your honor, these kids are ready for sentencing at this point in time. i know we have a victim that wants to address the court all at once. i ll larry from the victim first, please. you do not need to state your name. go ahead, please. this whole crime has honestly been the worst struggle i ve been through. i ve dreaded this whole process, dreaded it for the fact i have to look into these faces, lost countless hours of sleep trying to recount the nightmares of that playing in my head over and over again.
i m going to look for squatchs. thought you were going to capture it, though. dipiazza knows his release date, because his case is now resolved. he pled guilty to breaking and entering and sentenced to one year in the kent county jail in addition to the time already served. i knew i would get a year, but i thought he would take into account my eight months and say, okay. you sat eight months. i m going to sentence you to four months in the kent county jail, but it didn t happen that way. it s a long sentence. you know? sentencing is also finally in sight for four other inmates. nearly a year earlier, brandon townes, james hodges and dorian jones all pled guilty to charges related to a home invasion robbery in which a female college student was raped. they could not be sentenced until the case of the fourth co-defendant was resolved. rederick melton proclaimed his innocence.
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he pled guilty to breaking and tenn ener and entering into vehicle and is sentenced to one year in the kent county jail in addition to the time already served. i knew i would get a year, but i thought he would take into account my eight months and say, okay. you sat eight months. i m going to sentence you to four months in the kent county jail, but it didn t happen that way. it s a long sentence. you know? sentencing is also finally in sight for four other inmates. nearly a year earlier, brandon townes, james hodges and dorian jones all pled guilty to charges related to a home invasion robbery in which a female college student was raped. they could not be sentenced until the case of the fourth co-defendant was resolved. rederick melton proclaimed his innocence.