- Posted May 06, 2013
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Court stops hearing for Mich. convicted killer
PAW PAW, Mich. (AP) -- The state appeals court has stepped in and stopped a hearing this week that could have led to the release of a convicted killer in southwestern Michigan.
Leo Terlisner has been in prison for 36 years for the fatal robbery of a business owner in Covert in Van Buren County. But Judge Paul Hamre ruled in March that Terlisner was convicted under a felony murder doctrine that was abolished by the state Supreme Court in 1980.
Terlisner was next due in court in Paw Paw today, but the appeals court issued a stay last Wednesday at the request of the attorney general's office. The court will take a look at the case, a process that could last months.
A message seeking comment was left for Terlisner's attorney.
Published: Mon, May 6, 2013
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