Monday, July 2, 2012
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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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Head of Traffic Improvement Association commends judge for her tough stance on drunken drivers.
The executive director of the Traffic Improvement Association today said he was angered by recent criticism of 48th District Court Judge Kimberly Small for her tough stance on even first-time drunken driving offenders. "As a victim of two crashes that were caused by a drunk driver, I am outraged that Attorney (Robert) Larin and Professor (Kenneth) Mogill are questioning Judge Small for her actions to keep innocent people safe from drunk drivers on our roadways," said Jim Santilli in a news release on the TIA website. "I commend Judge Small for her leadership to improve safety for all motorists." Small heard arguments last week from Mogill, a professor at Wayne State University, as to why she should step down from a pending case involving …
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
Judge who sent basketball star Jalen Rose to jail is known for being hard on first-time offenders, lawyer charges.
A local defense attorney on Thursday asked 48th District Court Judge Kimberly Small to recuse herself from a pending drunken driving case, alleging that she is legislating from the bench by establishing an almost-mandatory minimum jail sentence. The Detroit Free Press reports that Wayne State University law professor Kenneth Mogill said Small's record of "sending a message" to first-time drunken driving offenders by sentencing them to jail denies his client due process during a motion hearing. “Our position is that you have by your very statements, you have made clear that you have a policy of presumptive minimum sentences. And that is a denial of due process," Mogill said, according to the report. Michigan law has no minimum mandatory …
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Judge who sent basketball star Jalen Rose to jail is known for being hard on first-time offenders, lawyer charges.
A local attorney is asking 48th District Court Judge Kimberly Small to recuse from an upcoming drunken driving case because she's too tough on first-time offenders. Small is known for her record of "sending a message" to first-time drunken driving offenders by sentencing them to jail. Bloomfield Hills attorney Robert Larin cited Small's "inherent bias" and a precedent from 40 years ago in asking she step down from a case scheduled for Thursday, The Detroit Free Press reports. “This is nothing more than an elected judge legislating from the bench,” California-based attorney Keith Davidson said after Small sentenced former U-M and NBA star Jalen Rose to 20 days jail last summer for rolling his vehicle with a passenger in the car. During the …
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Eric F
3:36 pm on Wednesday, July 4, 2012
It stopped being an internal family matter when the shooting occurred. That makes it a potential crime and a matter for the state to investigate and if approprite to prosecute. How does shooting someone when they are down and calling the police constitue self defense? If the grandmother felt threatened by the grandson's drug use why did she not just kick him out of her house or call the police … more ›