Conviction stands in case of mailbox nudes

HOWELL (AP) -- A conviction and jail sentence will stand for a man accused of putting nude photos of a Livingston County woman in mailboxes in her neighborhood. A judge had found that Mark S. Smith violated a personal protection order. The Michigan appeals court agrees. Smith was sentenced to 60 days in jail in 2009. At least five people in a Howell neighborhood found nude photos of a neighbor in their mailboxes. An expert hired by Smith said handwriting on the photos did not match his writing. But the appeals court says Livingston County Judge Carol Hackett Garagiola was right to be skeptical. Smith says no witness saw him put photos in mailboxes. Published: Tue, Feb 22, 2011