Crime & Safety
MI Supreme Court Will Again Hear Dearborn Hts. Shooting Case
Theodore Wafer's lawyers are arguing his double-conviction of second-degree murder and manslaughter was unfair.
DEARBORN HEIGHTS, MI — The Michigan Supreme Court will again hear arguments Thursday for a Dearborn Heights man who was convicted for killing a Detroit woman in 2013.
Theodore Wafer is arguing his 17-year sentence for second-degree murder and manslaughter is unfair because the manslaughter charge enhanced his sentence for the same crime. In other words, Wafer's lawyers are attempting to throw out the manslaughter conviction.
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Wafer, now 62, was convicted in 2014 for the death of 19-year-old Renisha McBride. Wafer shot and killed McBride with a shotgun on his front porch on Nov. 2, 2013, while she was seeking help after she crash her car. McBride had been drinking that night.
The crash occurred less than a mile away from Wafer's home on West Outer Drive and Dolphin near Warren Avenue.
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Wafer argued he feared for his life when he heard loud banging on his door in the early morning.
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