The panel rejected Shantavia Hayden’s argument that the judge should have allowed the jury to consider involuntary manslaughter as an alternative to second-degree murder.
The deal initially hit a stumbling block when the defendant, Gregory Strickland, said in court, “I was only trying to defend myself,” and denied he meant to shoot him so many times.
A St Clair Shores woman was found guilty of two felony counts and two misdemeanors after causing a head-on collision in Chesterfield Township that hit a family of three.
A Macomb County pharmacy owner says he still can’t access 16 of his bank accounts, despite a court order instructing the Michigan Attorney General’s Office to release his money from a freeze.