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Michigan Judge Re-Sentences Convicted Murder to 30-70 Years in Direct Violation of Appeals Court Rul
JERRY LAMBE
Aug 1st, 2020, 5:53 pm
A circuit judge in Michigan this week defied a state appellate court ruling ordering him to lower the prison sentence of a woman convicted on second-degree murder charges, saying he hoped defendant’s attorneys would “appeal it to the U.S. Supreme Court.”
The controversy arose in the case of Dawn Dixon-Bey, who in 2016 was convicted by a jury of second-degree murder for fatally stabbing her then-boyfriend Gregory M. Stack twice in the heart while he was lying on the couch. In closing arguments, the prosecutors asked the jury to find the defendant guilty of first-degree murder.
Under Michigan law, second-degree murder is a defined as a killing that is not premeditated but was the result of actions that were either intentional, reckless, or spur of the moment.
Jackson County Circuit Judge John McBain sentenced Dixon-Bey to 35-70 years in prison after the jury’s verdict. The defendant appealed.
More:
https://lawandcrime.com/crazy/michigan-judge-re-sentences-convicted-murder-to-30-70-years-in-direct-violation-of-appeals-court-ruling-dawn-dixon-bey/
