Grandmother's Trial in Shooting Death of Grandson Set to Begin Monday
Sandra Layne, 74, of West Bloomfield, was in court Thursday.
A trial is set to begin Monday for a West Bloomfield grandmother charged in the shooting death of her grandson. Sandra Maxine Layne, 74, is charged with shooting her 17-year-old grandson to death last May in the West Bloomfield condominium they shared on Brookview Lane. Layne appeared in court for the final pretrial hearing Thursday, according to the Oakland Press, where Oakland County Circuit Judge Denise Langford Morris expressed concerns over a jury pool of 40, from which 12 and a couple alternates will hear testimony. Layne, who remains in jail on an open charge of murder and possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony. If convicted, she faces life in prison. Defense attorney Jerome Sabbota has said the killing was self-…
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