Thursday, December 6, 2012
Sandra Layne, 74, of West Bloomfield, was in court Thursday.
PONTIAC — The grandmother charged with shooting her grandson to death last May in the West Bloomfield condominium they shared on Brookview Lane is expected to go to trial early next year, after a judge's ruling Thursday. Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Denise Langford Morris set a tentative trial date of March 4 for Sandra Maxine Layne, 74, 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. Meanwhile, defense attorney Jerome Sabbota said that forensic lab reports including ballistics analysis, blood spatter, and DNA testing will be completed from the condo in Maple Place Villas, where medical examiners have testified that Jonathan Hoffman, 17…
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Sandra Layne, 74, stood mute being arraigned on an open charge of murder in shooting death of grandson Jonathan Hoffman, 17, in May.
PONTIAC — Sandra Layne, 74, a former schoolteacher, stood mute Thursday morning at her arraignment on an open charge of murder and possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Prosecutors say Jonathan Hoffman, 17, died May 18 as a result of multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body at the hands of Layne, his grandmother, in the West Bloomfield condominium which she owns on Brookview Lane. To stand mute means that a not guilty plea was entered on Layne's behalf. She did not speak during the arraignment. With a thin smile in an orange jumpsuit, Layne gestured to family from the jury box of Circuit Court Judge Denise Langford Morris while in court. The charges were not read aloud and a pre-trial status conference was scheduled for …
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Sandra Layne, 74, expected to be arraigned on charge of open murder in shooting death of grandson Jonathan Hoffman, 17, in May.
We communicate heavily with West Bloomfield Patch fans on Facebook and Twitter — we don't want you to be left out, either! Sandra Layne, 74, a former schoolteacher, has arraignment scheduled at Oakland County Circuit Court in front of Judge Denise Langford Morris Thursday at 8:30 a.m. Layne was bound over for trial last week by Judge Kimberly Small on an open charge of murder and possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Prosecutors say Jonathan Hoffman, 17, died May 18 as a result of multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body at the hands of Layne, his grandmother, in the West Bloomfield condominium which she owns on Brookview Lane. Layne physically expressed pain last week as the 911 call which Hoffman made as he said he was…
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Monday, July 2, 2012
911 call placed by Jonathan Hoffman, 17, in which the West Bloomfield native pleads for his life, is played in open court Monday.
Are you signed up for the Patch daily newsletter? Don't wait, get Patched-in now! BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — Jonathan Hoffman called 911 and pleaded for help after being shot, in a recording played at his grandmother's preliminary examination at 48th District Court Monday. "My grandma shot me," Hoffman said. "I'm going to die. Help me." Prosecutors say Hoffman, 17, died May 18 as a result of multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body at the hands of Sandra Layne, 74, in the West Bloomfield condominium which she owns on Brookview Lane. Layne was bound over for trial to Oakland County Circuit Court by Judge Kimberly Small on an open charge of murder and possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony. During the six-minute call, Hoffman …
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Sandra Layne, who admittedly told police that she killed her grandson, Jonathan Hoffman will be in court Monday morning.
Sandra Layne, 74, a former schoolteacher, has an exam scheduled at 48th District Court in front of Judge Kimberly Small Monday at 11 a.m. West Bloomfield Police detectives said that Layne admitted killing her 17-year-old grandson, Jonathan Hoffman, on May 18. Hoffman, a senior at Farmington Central alternative high school, was shot multiple times in the condominium he shared with Layne and her husband in the Maple Place Villas complex, on the 6000 block of Brookview Lane. Layne faces a charge of open murder and felony firearms possession. On May 24, Small had granted the prosecution a delay in the preliminary exam to allow for a test of competency. If bound over by a district court judge, a circuit court judge will determine whether she …
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Monday, June 25, 2012
Jonathan Hoffman, 17, of West Bloomfield, tested positive for K2, also known as Spice, by Oakland County Medical Examiners.
Jonathan Hoffman, 17, of West Bloomfield, whose grandmother is charged in connection to his death last month, had tested positive for the drug called K2, also known as Spice, as part of his probation requirements on the day he was shot and killed, according to attorneys. Toxicology tests done by the Oakland County Medical Examiners' Office revealed the substances' presence in Hoffman's urine, according to a report in The Detroit News. Sandra Layne, 74, is charged with open murder and felony possession of a firearm in connection to the May 18 incident at her Maple Place Villas condominium. Initial blood tests did not reveal the presence of drugs in Hoffman's system. Court records show that at 10:38 p.m. March 17, Hoffman was stopped by …
Joni Hubred-Golden
5:51 pm on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
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