Kennan DeWitt, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney (Ret.)

Publication: Flint Journal, The (MI)
Edition: THE FLINT JOURNAL FIRST EDITION
Date: May 8, 2007
Page: A04
Record Id: 0414702733
Author: Paul Janczewski pjanczewski@flintjournal.com * 810.766.6333

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A defense attorney called it a classic case of self-defense. But David Megdell, who represents Tanjermeeka M. Jones, was unable to talk her out of accepting a plea deal. Instead of going to trial on a murder charge, Jones, 21, of Mt. Morris Township, faces sentencing June 12 after pleading no contest but mentally ill to a charge of attempted manslaughter. She faces up to 5 years in prison when she goes before Genesee Circuit Judge Geoffrey L. Neithercut.

Kennan M. DeWitt, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney (Ret.)

Publication: Flint Journal, The (MI) Edition: THE FLINT JOURNAL FIRST EDITION Date: June 13, 2007 Page: A05 Record Id: 0414787695 Author: Paul Janczewski pjanczewski@flintjournal.com * 810.766.6333 7 of 60 matches 420 words A Flint woman who pleaded guilty to a charge in the stabbing death of her mother's boyfriend has been sentenced to prison. "You killed a man," Genesee Circuit Judge Geoffrey L. Neithercut told Tanjermeeka M. Jones Tuesday. "You stuck a knife 9 inches into a man's body." He sentenced Jones, 21, of Mt. Morris to 1 year, 5 months to 5 years in prison. Jones earlier pleaded guilty but mentally

Kennan M. DeWitt, Assistant Prosecuting Atorney (Ret.)

Publication: Flint Journal, The (MI)
Edition: THE FLINT JOURNAL FIRST EDITION
Date: June 29, 2007
Page: A08
Record Id: 0414824311
Author: Paul Janczewski pjanczewski@flintjournal.com * 810.766.6333

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Rufus L. Russell wanted to withdraw his voluntary manslaughter plea, telling a judge that his court-appointed attorney gave him bad advice. "If you sentence me today, you're sending an innocent man to prison," said Russell, 45, of Flint. But Genesee Circuit Judge Geoffrey L. Neithercut told Russell that his argument fell flat, especially when Russell called the September 2005 stabbing death of Chude W. Snow