A 20-year-old man charged with felony murder in the death of his infant son is asking for Macomb County prosecutors to deviate from its no-plea policy in this type of case.
Attorney Richard Taylor, representing defendant Laquan K. Williams, submitted the request for a plea deal that could result in lower charges than felony murder and first-degree child abuse. Felony murder carries an automatic penalty of life in prison without parole.
Williamsâ 3-month-old son last April 10 was taken by ambulance from a Warren motel to Ascension Macomb Hospital in Warren and transferred to Detroit Receiving Hospital, where he died from blunt-force trauma, according to Warren police.