Recent Cases of Interest - 2003

 

On December 10, 2003, a Circuit Court jury found Defendant Steven Charles Oliver guilty of Operating Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor - Third Offense for an incident in Green Oak Township on March 10, 2001. He was sentenced to serve a term of 18 months to 5 years in the Michigan Department of Corrections by the Hon. Daniel A. Burress on January 29, 2004. The case was prosecuted by Bill McCririe. On November 4, 2003, Brian Michael Marsland was found guilty of Operating Under the Influence of Liquor - Third Offense and Operating Without Insurance after a bench trial for an incident on January 15, 2003 in Tyrone Township. Marsland was sentenced as an Habitual Offender to three years probation with the first year in the Livingston County Jail by the Hon. Daniel A. Burress on December 11, 2003. The case was prosecuted by Shawn Ryan. On October 23, 2003, a District Court jury found Kevin Wayne Ronan guilty of Domestic Violence for an incident in Pinckney on July 21, 2003. The case was prosecuted by Jim Metz. On October 22, 2003, the Michigan Court of Appeals entered an order in an appeal filed by the Livingston County Prosecutor’s Office. The Court of Appeals reversed the Livingston County Circuit Court and reinstated Manslaughter charges against John Franklen Ford for an incident occurring on August 21, 2003 at the Lake Chemung exit in Genoa Township. The case was remanded for trial. The appeal was handled by Bill Vailliencourt. On October 16, 2003, the Michigan Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions of Damon Dean Tinsley for two counts of First Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct arising out of incidents occurring from 1994 through 1996. In a case tried by Pam Maas in January of 2002, Tinsley was found guilty by a jury and was sentenced to serve 25-60 years in prison by the Hon. Stanley J. Latreille. The case was briefed for the Court of Appeals by Pam Maas and argued by Bill Vailliencourt. On October 16, 2003, on remand from the Michigan Supreme Court, the Michigan Court of Appeals issued an opinion in the case of Dennis Michael Perks. The opinion clarifies Michigan law by restricting the ability of probation violators to file automatic appeals. The appeal was handled by Bill Vailliencourt. On October 8, 2003, Elick Michael Verdulla was sentenced to serve 27-50 years in the Michigan Department of Corrections by the Hon. Stanley J. Latreille. Verdulla pled guilty to Second Degree Murder, Possessing a Firearm in the Commission of a Felony-Second Offense, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, and Habitual Offender-Fourth on September 5, 2003 for an August 29, 2002 incident in Fowlerville. The case was prosecuted by David Morse. On October 2, 2003, Patrick Allen McKillen, Jr. was sentenced to serve 30-60 years in the Michigan Department of Corrections by the Hon. Daniel A. Burress. McKillen pled guilty to two counts of Armed Robbery, two counts of Possessing a Firearm in the Commission of a Felony, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Discharge of a Firearm In a Building, and Habitual Offender-Fourth on August 11, 2003 for incidents occurring on March 17, 2002 in Hamburg Township and Putnam Township. The cases were prosecuted by Shawn Ryan. On October 2, 2003, a District Court jury found Gregg Scott Young guilty of Operating While Impaired-2nd Offense for an incident in Brighton Township on June 21, 2003. The case was prosecuted by Angela DelVero. On October 1, 2003, a Circuit Court jury found Anish Thomas guilty of Attempting to Distribute Obscene Material to a Minor and Using a Computer to Attempt to Distribute Obscene Material to a Minor arising out of an incident on June 27, 2003 investigated by Livingston County Sheriff Department's Computer Crime Unit. He was sentenced to three years of probation with the first 180 days in the Livingston County Jail by the Hon. Daniel A. Burress on October 23, 2003. The case was prosecuted by Pam Maas. On September 25, 2003, a District Court jury found Jason Matthew Holdwick guilty of Assault and Battery for an incident in Conway Township on March 30, 2003. The case was prosecuted by Suzanne Geddis. On September 19, 2003, a Circuit Court Jury found Defendant Gary James Flannigan, Jr. guilty of Bank Robbery and Possessing a Firearm in the Commission of a Felony for the December 28, 2001 robbery of the First National Bank in Brighton Township. He was sentenced to 19-30 years, plus an additional 2 years for Felony Firearm, in the Michigan Department of Corrections as an Habitual Offender-Fourth by the Hon. Stanley J. Latreille on October 28, 2003. The case was prosecuted by Pam Maas. On September 18, 2003, the Michigan Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions of Timothy Allen for Felony Murder, Possessing a Firearm in the Commission of a Felony, First Degree Home Invasion, and Assault With Intent to Do Great Bodily Harm arising out of the July 19, 2000 killing of Kirk Williams in Hartland Township. In a case tried by David Morse in January of 2002, Allen was found guilty but mentally ill by a jury and was sentenced to life in prison by the Hon. Stanley J. Latreille. The appeal was handled by Bill Vailliencourt. On September 16, 2003, a Circuit Court jury found Defendant Loren James Tompkins, Jr. guilty of First Degree Retail Fraud for an incident at Wal-Mart in Genoa Township on April 6, 2003. He was sentenced to serve 27 months - 10 years in the Michigan Department of Corrections as an Habitual Offender Third by the Hon. Daniel A. Burress on November 13, 2003. The case was prosecuted by Bill McCririe. On September 11, 2003, a District Court jury found Mark Michael Simpson guilty of Assault and Battery for an incident in Pinckney on May 24, 2003. The case was prosecuted by Jim Metz. On September 11, 2003, the Michigan Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction of Craig Mooney on two counts of First Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct and one count of Felonious Assault. In a case tried by Pamela Maas before the Hon. Daniel A. Burress in April of 2001, Mooney was tried and convicted by a jury and sentenced to serve 13 to 20 years in the Michigan Department of Corrections. The appeal was handled by Bill Vailliencourt. On September 2, 2003, a District Court jury found Defendant Kyle Scott Seyfried guilty of Domestic Violence for an incident in Hamburg Township on June 13, 2003. The Hon. Michael Hegarty sentenced Defendant to two years of probation with the first thirty days in the Livingston County Jail. The case was prosecuted by Angela DelVero. On August 15, 2003, a Circuit Court jury found Defendant Craig Michael Haskell guilty, but mentally ill, of four counts of First Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct, one count of Second Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct, and one count of Aggravated Domestic Violence, for an attack in Green Oak Township on May 17, 2002. He was sentenced to 12-30 years in the Michigan Department of Correction by the Hon. Daniel A. Burress on October 2, 2003. The case was prosecuted by Pamela Maas. On August 14, 2003, a District Court jury found Defendant Michael David McCreary guilty of Assault and Battery for an incident in Cohoctah Township on April 20, 2003. He faces a maximum sentence of 93 days in jail when he is sentenced by the Hon. A. John Pikkarainen on September 15, 2003. The case was prosecuted by Jim Metz. On August 12, 2003, the Hon. Stanley Latreille sentenced Austin England to a term of 30-60 years in the Michigan Department of Corrections for the August 3, 2002 murder of his wife in Fowlerville. England pled guilty to a charge of Second Degree Murder on July 8, 2003. The case was prosecuted by Pamela Maas. On August 6, 2003, a Circuit Court jury found Defendant Ryan Kendrick Nichols guilty of Kidnapping, Assault With Intent to Commit Great Bodily Harm Less Than Murder, and Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony for an incident in Iosco Township on December 9, 2001. He was sentenced to serve 17-40 years in the Michigan Department of Corrections by the Hon. Daniel A. Burress on September 18, 2003. The case was prosecuted by Suzanne Geddis.