Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Testimony began Tuesday as Sandra Layne, 75, faces a murder charge for teen grandson's slaying in her West Bloomfield condo.
The final minutes of West Bloomfield teenager Johathan Hoffman's life came into focus Tuesday as the trial of his grandmother — and accused killer — began in Oakland County Circuit Court. And the West Bloomfield Police Department dispatchers and officers that witnessed it all unfold were a major part of the proceedings. Layne, 75, faces one count of open murder after shooting her 17-year-old grandson, Jonathan Hoffman, to death last May in the West Bloomfield condominium they shared on Brookview Lane. Two WBPD dispatchers testified that they received multiple calls about the shooting within a 10-minute span, including the 9-1-1 call from Hoffman, who was wounded and pleading for help, WDIV-TV reported. During his opening statement …
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Thursday, February 28, 2013
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-…
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…
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Family seeks answers after shooting at west side Detroit auto shop.
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Saturday, November 10, 2012
A lot happened this past week, and we want to make sure you didn't miss a thing. Here are some of the biggest stories from around the area: Samir Mikha Hannawa, 49, a West Bloomfield father of seven, was laid to rest Saturday after what Detroit Police Department detectives reportedly began to investigate Hannawa's murder Wednesday. The Oakland Press reports that Hannawa's family were stunned by the seemingly-random act at Great Lakes Transmissions, located on Wyoming and Intervale on Detroit's west side. According to witnesses, two suspects fled in a car before Hannawa was transported to Sinai Grace Hospital in Detroit, but doctors were unable to save him. Employees at White Lake window distributing company Lakeside Window called police …
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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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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Leonard White, 16, faces up to 15 years in prison after being found guilty in the June death of 17-year-old Johnathan Rickman in West Bloomfield.
PONTIAC — A Walled Lake teenager convicted in the stabbing death of a West Bloomfield teenager could be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison today. Leonard White, 16, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter Dec. 12 in the June 4 death of 17-year-old Johnathan Rickman, who died of a single stab wound to the abdomen after an altercation at a party in the Chelsea Park subdivision of West Bloomfield. Although the case was heard in Oakland County Circuit Court, the venue in which adults are tried, Judge Wendy Potts will decide whether White will actually serve his sentence as an adult or juvenile, or whether he will receive a "blended" sentence. The maximum sentence for voluntary manslaughter is 15 years. Roderick Rickman, the victim's …
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Monday, December 5, 2011
The defendant, accused of stabbing a West Bloomfield teenager last summer, remains at Children's Village in Pontiac.
PONTIAC — The trial for a then-15-year-old Walled Lake resident charged with murder in the June 4 stabbing death of a West Bloomfield teenager is scheduled to begin Monday. Johnathan Rickman, 17, was slain after a quarrel at a friend's house in West Bloomfield. The defendant, whom Patch has not named because of his age, remains at Children's Village in Pontiac. He has turned 16 since the stabbing. "We're looking forward to presenting our case to the jury," Southfield-based defense attorney Rowland Short said via text message. "Obviously, these families have experienced tremendous hardship as a result of these unforeseeable events." Witness testimony was last heard during the summer when a 15-year-old Walled Central High School student …
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
The defendant, accused of stabbing a West Bloomfield teenager last summer, remains at Children's Village in Pontiac.
PONTIAC — The trial for a 15-year-old Walled Lake resident charged with murder in the June 4 stabbing death of a West Bloomfield teenager has been moved to Dec. 5. Johnathan Rickman, 17, was slain after a quarrel at a friend's house in West Bloomfield. Defense attorney Rowland Short explained that the trial, scheduled to begin Wednesday in front of Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Wendy Potts, was adjourned in order to complete discovery of all available evidence. The defendant, whom Patch has not named because of his age, remains at Children's Village in Pontiac. "(Dec. 5) is a firm trial date, and I don't expect it to change," Short said via text message Thursday. "We're looking forward to presenting our case to the jury. Obviously, …
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Joni Hubred-Golden
5:51 pm on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
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