Ann Arbor Criminal Defense Blog

Atatiana Jefferson was shot and killed by Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean while inside her own home. Dean, a white male, has since quit his job and been charged with Jefferson’s murder. The Incident Last weekend Jefferson’s door was left ajar. Her neighbor called authorities to perform a wellness check. Jefferson’s mother had recently…

Amber Gugyer, a former Dallas police officer, was convicted of murder for shooting and killing Botham Jean while he was sitting in his own apartment. What made the case unusual was that Gugyer believed she was in her own apartment when she was in fact in Jean’s apartment. Guyger wass sentenced to ten years in…

Former NFL star Antonio Brown was released from the New England Patriots professional football team on September 20th 2019. The release comes on the coattails of sexual assault, rape, and sexual harassment allegations. 1st Allegation Brittany Taylor, a former personal trainer of Brown’s, alleges that Brown raped her and sexually assaulted her. The two parties…

The Court of Appeals in People v. Jerome Romey Sueing granted Defendant Sueing a re-sentencing in this case involving aggravated indecent exposure charges. What Happened in the Case Sueing was charged in two cases. In the first case, he was charged with aggravated indecent exposure and indecent exposure by a sexually delinquent person. In the…

In the Court of Appeals case of People v. Justin Louis Williamson, the Court looked at whether a police was in the right when he pulled a driver over for barely going over the speed limit. What Happened in the Case Defendant Williamson was charged with possession with intent to deliver marijuana less than five…

Felicity Huffman has been sentenced to 14 days in federal prison by Judge Indira Talwani, a U.S. District Judge, after pleading guilty to mail fraud. The sentence comes after Huffman plead guilty to paying Rick Singer $15,000 to take her daughter’s college entrance exam. Huffman is one of many parents accused of paying Singer to…

In Bristol, Wisconsin, authorities arrested Jacob Huffhines and Tyler Huffhines after they raided their condo and found 98,000 cartridges for vaping, 18 pounds of marijuana and three machines used to count money. The cartridges had counterfeit fruit and candy labels on them. In addition, mason jars containing vaping substances laced with THC were confiscated. They…

A new proposed law would allow more people to erase criminal convictions from their records. The process for clearing the record is called an expungement. Right now, a person can expunge either a felony or two misdemeanors after five years from the end of the sentence. A person with more on the record is not…

Wisconsin is the only state in the country that treats a first-offense drunk driving as a civil infraction. Every other state treats a first-offense drunk driving as a misdemeanor, meaning a criminal offense not civil. Wisconsin has some of the nation’s highest levels of drinking and driving. Two lawmakers in Wisconsin are trying to change…

Over ten years ago, the rapper Meek Mill was charged with a drug and gun case. Since then, Meek Mill’s time in the legal system has been a journey that highlights much of what’s wrong with the system. Now Meek Mill’s journey has come to an end. Following a successful appeal and order for a…