- Posted July 21, 2011
- Tweet This | Share on Facebook
Court orders new look at parole in 1992 slaying
CASEVILLE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- The Michigan Supreme Court is getting involved in the parole of a man convicted of killing an 18-year-old in the Thumb in 1992.
A Huron County judge has blocked Phil Paquette's release from prison, and the state appeals court turned down his case. But the Supreme Court stepped in last week and ordered the appeals court to take a look.
Paquette has spent about 20 years in prison for the fatal stabbing of Michael Gravelle at a cottage in Caseville Township, 50 miles northeast of Bay City.
The Michigan parole board determines if inmates will be freed after their minimum sentence, but prosecutors sometimes go to court to persuade a judge to stop their release.
Published: Thu, Jul 21, 2011
headlines Oakland County
- Annual Meeting
- Oakland County clerk/register brings services to Highland Township and surrounding areas with June 4 local office visit
- Whitmer announces Wayne, Oakland, Macomb commit to expand Project DIAMOnD, calls for statewide expansion of “infrastructure for innovation”
- Oakland County completes work for first RainSmart resident
- SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK
headlines National
- This Los Angeles lawyer found her calling as a death doula
- ACLU and BigLaw firm use ‘Orange is the New Black’ in hashtag effort to promote NY jail reform
- Artificial intelligence tools for brief writing and analysis are a small firm litigator’s new best friend
- Baker McKenzie partner drops suit seeking IRS documents on partnership scrutiny
- Family members sue networks after learning of loved ones’ deaths by seeing bodies on TV
- Ex-BigLaw attorney once ‘consumed with remorse’ over $10M client theft sentenced in new scheme