2 men convicted in 2009 Detroit murder one step closer to getting new trial
J.B. Watson fatally shot on Dec. 29, 2009
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DETROIT – Two Metro Detroit men convicted of a murder in 2009 are one step closer to getting a new trial.
Three times since 2017, federal and state court judges have ordered a new trial for Darrell Ewing.
The judges found that Ewing’s constitutional right to a fair trial was violated a decade ago by juror misconduct. Since Ewing’s conviction, another man has come forward confessing to the murder.
J.B. Watson was fatally shot on Dec. 29, 2009 while at a red light in Detroit. The shooting happened at the intersection of Harper Avenue and Van Dyke Street. Prosecutors said two vehicles pulled up to the intersection and shots were fired, killing Watson.
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Beloved Cass Technical High School coach killed in Detroit
DETROIT – Family and friends are still trying to process the untimely death of Cass Technical High School coach Dennis Smith who was widely known as “Coach Smitty.”
Smith, 46, was shot and killed on Livernois Avenue May 5. There is surveillance footage showing the suspect firing the weapon.
“He was more than just a football coach,” said Maria Adams-Lawton.
All Adams-Lawton can do now is remember the good times she had with the coach.
Man convicted of 2009 murder at red light in Detroit waits years for retrial after jury misconduct
Another man confessed to the murder
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Man convicted of murder waits years for retrial after another man confesses
DETROIT – Three times since 2017, federal and state court judges have ordered a new trial for Darrell Ewing.
The judges found that Ewing’s constitutional right to a fair trial was violated a decade ago by juror misconduct. Since Ewing’s conviction, another man has come forward confessing to the murder.
J.B. Watson was fatally shot on Dec. 29, 2009 while at a red light in Detroit. The shooting happened at the intersection of Harper Avenue and Van Dyke Street. Prosecutors said two vehicles pulled up to the intersection and shots were fired, killing Watson.