case? i think we re done here. put me in my room. somebody dipping in my case. i m done. two weeks later, melton agreed to speak with us again. the last time we talked to you, you kind of got a little angry. yeah. what was that about? it was about, like, i felt that they went to other co-defendants to get questions to ask me, like as if i had did the rape, basically accusing me. you know? i got accused. so, yes. i got upset. several weeks earlier, melton was placed in disciplinary segregation for fighting in his maximum security general population unit. he s now eligible to return to general population but has requested to remain in segregation.
classification comes in 30 days. they ask you if you want to move. i say no because i m going to trial. i d rather have the concentration down here. so i don t move. besides working on his case, melton has one other way to pass time. usually, like growing up, i was always at the park playing basketball. so i just feel, god made me a rim so that i can always play basketball. using my strength and power. slap the wall, that s when i score a shot. one point. when you put your mind to it, you got to keep slapping the wall. you re not thinking about nothing. except slapping that wall. you know? so i m using my strength to slap the wall. over and over and over again. boom! i m going show you how to do that [ bleep ]. one of melton s co-defendants dorian jones has pled guilty to all of his charges but must wait for melton s trial to end before he can be sentenced. he practices his shot in a maximum security general population unit.
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 corrections for a term not less than 18 or more than 40 years. and then consecutive to that, you are to serve on home invasion first degree, sentence of not less than seven, no more than 20 years. and then finally consecutive to home invasion first degree, criminal sexual conduct first degree, serve on the second home invasion not less than 18, no more than 40 years with the michigan department of corrections. the judge has sentenced melton to a total of 43 to 100 years in state prison. then it s on to the others. three counts of criminal sexual conduct first degree, a term of not less than 18, no more than 40 years. a term of not less than 20, no more than 40 years.
the victims were still able to identify melton. they had a party that night. so he went to the party. so they can all identify him being there. and then when she seen his body build, she oh, yeah, he was tall, skinny, this and this and that. what does the victim say about you? what was your role? the victim didn t say anything about me. what did the victim say? the victim said she was raped, but she didn t say i raped her. she didn t it s like this. the victim said they didn t see anybody. what was her description? because she gave a description of the person who raped her. correct? somebody dipping in my case? i think we re done here. put me in my room. somebody dipping in my case. i m done. come get this mike off. i m done with this [ bleep ]. [ bleep ] off me. white people, man.
saying melton played a key role, that he not only participated in the crimes but was actually a guest at the party. part of a plan in which melton would case the location for the others. if he gets found guilty, he d rather go down saying he fought going down instead of, oh, i didn t take no plea like the rest of them. but when you fight, you ain t doing nothing but pissing them off. you making the judge and victims go through this night again, all this distraught, emotional. so if you do lose, you going to get hit with the max. melton says his co-defendants lack credibility. four against one. that is pretty bad odds, but four criminals. you know? even though hodges, jones and townes have all pled guilty to criminal sexual conduct, they deny having committed the acts. the victim stated she could not identify their faces because they were masked. but according to hodges, some of