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Murder case sent back to 52-2 District Court in Clarkston
Accused of killing a professional poker player from Waterford Township, Jeffery Bernard Morris is heading back to 52-2 District Court in Clarkston for another preliminary examination.
There were oral arguments Wednesday in Oakland County Circuit Court about prosecutors’ wish to charge Morris, 60, of Pontiac with a second murder charge, according to defense attorney Pamela Irene Johnson.
Johnson said she argued for Judge Martha Anderson to send the case back to the district court level, in the name of fairness, for a hearing on evidence that would support the new felony murder charge. The judge agreed.
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James Alexander // Photo courtesy of JAMS
JAMS, a provider of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services, has announced the addition of James M. Alexander to its Detroit panel. Prior to joining JAMS, Alexander served for nearly 20 years in the Oakland County Circuit Court. During this time, he also served a nine-year tenure in the family court and a term as a presiding judge.
Based in the Detroit Resolution Center, Alexander will serve as an arbitrator, mediator, and special master/referee, handling disputes in business and commercial, construction, employment, family law, government and public agency, and professional liability.
âAs an advocate of ADR, Judge Alexander is recognized for his ability to understand the
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Vivian Anderson was living in Brooklyn, New York, in 2015 when a friend told her about video clips of a white police officer dragging a young Black girl from her desk and body-slamming her to the ground. Videos showed then-Spring Valley High School police officer Ben Fields in Columbia, South Carolina, flipping over the 16-year-old girl, identified as Shakara, toppling her desk and dragging her across the floor.
Like many Black women who have become overwhelmed by the traumatic experience of seeing videos of police violence against other Black women and girls, Anderson had braced herself to watch the videos.
One of Michigan’s most famous attorneys is going after Bloomfield Township and its former elected clerk because of a fatal September pedestrian crash.
Jan Roncelli, who was on track to retire after not seeking reelection last year, was at the wheel of a township-owned Jeep Grand Cherokee when the vehicle struck a Rochester man in Birmingham at about 3:30 a.m. Sept. 22.
Bradley Wade Bauer, 32, apparently was hanging out with a friend just before he purchased cigarettes from a Rite Aid store near Maple Road and Coolidge Highway.
Roncelli would tell police she was westbound on Maple Road, listening to news radio after a long day of work, when Bauer, wearing a hooded Detroit Tigers sweatshirt, crossed her path.