Washtenaw County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Holtz dies, 60
Washtenaw County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney J. Samuel Holtz died Sept. 3 at the age of 60, after a long and valiant battle with cancer.
He will be remembered as an ethical and highly effective prosecutor, a compassionate advocate for victims-especially those most vulnerable, a loyal friend, and a loving husband and father.
His loss will be keenly felt by his colleagues for the past 18 years in the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, and to the scores of police officers, defense attorneys, members of the bench, court staff, and others who came to like and respect Holtz and his work. He was a skillful lawyer, dedicated to public service, justice and victims.
A graduate of Ann Arbor Pioneer High School and Eastern Michigan University, after earning his law degree from the University of Baltimore School of Law, Holtz served as the judicial attorney for Washtenaw County Circuit Judge Timothy P. Connors and Washtenaw County Circuit Judge (now Michigan Supreme Court Justice) Kurtis T. Wilder.
He then practiced law with the firm of Hamilton, McDonald & Simpson in Ann Arbor, before joining the Prosecutor’s Office in 1999.
A memorial service was held at Bethesda Bible Church on Sept. 8. Donations may be made to The American Cancer Society.
Application process begins for Assigned Counsel Eligibility List
The attorney application process for the 2018 Assigned Counsel Eligibility List at the Lincoln Hall of Justice has begun.
The deadline for submission of applications is Oct. 31, 2017. Attorneys currently on the list must reapply. Incomplete applications will not be processed.
The application can be accessed from the Family Juvenile page at 3rdcc.org. Select the menu option entitled “Attorney Assignment Application (Deadline: October 31, 2017)” under Divisions/Family Juvenile.
Man sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing firefighter
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A mentally ill man has been sentenced to at least 30 years in prison for killing a Michigan firefighter who was struck by a pickup truck while collecting money for charity.
Grant Taylor declined to speak before his sentencing Thursday. He pleaded guilty but mentally ill to second-degree murder two weeks ago.
Lansing firefighter Dennis Rodeman was struck two years ago while in a street collecting money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Police say the 24-year-old Taylor was upset about slow traffic.
Taylor has a history of mental illness. But the head of the firefighters union, Eric Weber, says Taylor chose to hit Rodeman with his pickup.
Weber told a judge that Rodeman’s death was “reprehensible and preventable.” Taylor will be eligible for parole after 30 years in prison.
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