Ruling clears brothers in mom s death
Associated Press
DETROIT – Two Detroit-area brothers who were accused of allowing their severely disabled mother to wither and die will not face murder charges after a unanimous decision by the Michigan Supreme Court.
The court overturned a 2020 decision by the state appeals court and reinstated the opinion of a suburban Detroit judge who dismissed the case.
Vickie Balogh of Trenton weighed 79 pounds when she died in 2016 at age 52. She had an inherited terminal wasting disease known as SCA-I that had afflicted other members of her family.
The appeals court said there was enough evidence for a jury to determine whether caregivers Grant and Gabriel Balogh had harmed their mother and were responsible for her death. But the Supreme Court said District Court Judge Jennifer Coleman Hesson did not abuse her discretion in finding the opposite.
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