Aggressive Criminal Defense Blog

Supreme Court to Rule on MMA Cases The Michigan Supreme Court has agreed to hear two medical marijuana related cases in which the defendants believe that the state’s medical marijuana laws should protect them from prosecution. Both individuals claim that having legally issued medical marijuana cards is reason enough to avoid criminal charges, even if […]

Plea of Guilty To Hospital Embezzlement Jeffrey Joseph Ales, a 43-year-old contracted worker who formerly supervised the food and nutrition services at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City, pled guilty to Traverse City embezzlement charges in the Grand Traverse County Circuit Court on Friday, June 13th. Authorities at Munson Medical Center claim that the alleged […]

Governor Cannot Revoke Commutations In a landmark decision last month, the Michigan Supreme Court has ruled that once a Michigan Governor grants a prison commutation, it cannot be taken back. A prison commutation is similar to a pardon except instead of forgiving a prisoner’s crime altogether, it gives the Governor the power to reduce a […]

One Attacker Accepts Plea Deal  A suspect in the brutal beating of Steve Utash, the man who accidently hit a child with his car in Detroit, has accepted a plea deal in exchange for testifying at the trial against the other three defendants facing charges. 18-year-old Bruce Wimbush Jr. pled guilty to assault with intent […]

Saginaw Circuit Judge Reinstates Charge Saginaw County Circuit Court Judge Darnell Jackson has overturned a district court Judge’s ruling on assault charges. Judge Jackson stated that Saginaw County District Judge M.T. Thompson abused his judicial discretion when dismissing a felony charge in a current case. The issue stems from a recent domestic incident in which […]

Suspect Arrested in Assault Christian Howard, a 20-year-old hairdresser from Detroit, was attacked and beaten during Detroit’s 2014 Motor City Gay Pride Festival last weekend. According to the cell phone video that captured the event, there were as many as seven male attackers who punched and kicked him for about a minute before running away. […]

Bay City Man Accepts Plea Bargain Eric G. Waroff, a 20-year-old man from Bay City, MI, was recently facing a felony charge for pointing an Airsoft pellet gun at a fellow motorist. The other driver, Aaron J. Delooze, who was driving with his wife and son, thought the gun was a real one and reported […]

Bay City Teen Gets Ten Years in Prison 17-year-old Terrence L. Conklin, a teenager from Bay City, pled no contest in April to felony assault charges and as a result, is going to spend a decade in prison. On Monday, June 9th, Bay County Chief Circuit Judge Kenneth W. Schmidt sentenced Conklin to imprisonment for 20 […]

Jury Verdict: GUILTY “He did not love his wife. She stood between him and his freedom. The defendant wants you to believe he loved his family but actions speak louder than words, and his actions spoke of anything but love”. These were the words of the Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Tricia Dare when she addressed the […]

Multiple Michigan Felony Charges Welton D. Pulliam, a 23-year-old resident of Saginaw, MI, has been charged with multiple felonies as a result of an incident that occurred on April 28th in a west-side Saginaw apartment. According to testimony given by the victim, Pulliam gave her a ride home. After she was inside, he came to […]