- Posted November 02, 2011
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SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: U.S. Supreme Court takes up Wayne County plea case
DETROIT (AP) -- A skeptical U.S. Supreme Court has held a hearing on the appeal of a conviction in a Wayne County shooting.
It was one of two cases justices considered Monday. The other was from Missouri.
Last year, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered prosecutors to reopen the 2003 Michigan case and offer a deal with a significantly shorter sentence.
The court in Cincinnati says Anthony Cooper got bad legal advice in rejecting a deal. Authorities say he shot a woman in the thigh and buttocks after missing her head.
He was tried and convicted of assault with intent to murder and becomes eligible for release in 2020. The rejected deal carried a possible sentence of less than five years.
Justice Samuel Alito says reopening the conviction "makes zero sense."
Published: Wed, Nov 2, 2011
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