Written Arguments Due

 

Time	31 August · 09:00 - 17:00
Location	Wayne County Judge Sullivan's Court Detroit, MI
Created by:	'iluu Shondaa
For	Free Davontae Sanford

In ordering the written arguments, Sullivan said Davontae's attorney, Kim McGinnis, should explain gunpowder residue police found on Sanford’s clothing and how he knew details of the scene inside the house. Sullivan has also said that prosecutors should address Smothers' confession as well as the recovery of a .45-caliber pistol used in the killings.

The written arguments are due at the end of August. There is no date set for Sullivan’s ruling.

Hearing concludes on new trial for learning disabled teen in quadruple murder case

BY JOE SWICKARD

http://www.freep.com/article/20110725/NEWS02/110725042/Hear. 

Testimony ended this morning and a Wayne County judge ordered written arguments in the extended hearing aimed at winning a new trial for a Detroit teenager who confessed to taking part in a quadruple murder at a drug house.
Circuit Court Judge Brian Sullivan declined to hear the testimony of a defense investigator who said that confessed hit man Vincent Smothers cleared Davontae Sanford of the 2007 fatal shootings on Runyon Street.
Appellate attorney Kim McGinnis is trying to get a new trial for the learning disabled Sanford saying he falsely confessed and pleaded guilty to taking part in the killings when he was 14.
Smothers has claimed responsibility for the shooting but has not been charged with them. He is serving murder sentences for a series of contract killings.
In ordering the written arguments, Sullivan said McGinnis should explain gunpowder residue police found on Sanford’s clothing and how he knew details of the scene inside the house while prosecutors should address Smothers' confession as well as the recovery of a .45-caliber pistol used in the killings.
The written arguments are due at the end of August. There is no date set for Sullivan’s ruling.