Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Jurors determine West Bloomfield grandmother gunned down her 17-year-old grandson, Jonathan Hoffman, who was a student at Farmington Central High School.
Jurors have found West Bloomfield grandmother Sandra Layne guilty of second degree murder in the shooting death of her grandson. Deliberation spanned eight hours over two days, according to the Detroit News, and Layne was found guilty of killing Farmington Central High School student Jonathan Hoffman, 17, and guilty of the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony Tuesday in Oakland County Circuit Court. Read all of Ronelle's Trial Talk blogs from the courtroom on Patch. Prosecutors said Layne was intent on killing her grandson, shooting him six times, according to the Detroit Free Press, while Layne told the jury she was afraid of Hoffman and killed him in self-defense. The jury determined Layne, 75, shot and killed Hoffman last May …
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Sandra Layne, 74, of West Bloomfield, was in court Thursday.
A trial is set to begin Monday for a West Bloomfield grandmother charged in the shooting death of her 17-year-old grandson, who was a student at Farmington Central High School. Sandra Maxine Layne, 74, is charged with shooting Jonathan Hoffman to death last May in the West Bloomfield condominium they shared on Brookview Lane. Layne appeared in court for the final pretrial hearing Thursday, according to the Oakland Press, where Oakland County Circuit Judge Denise Langford Morris expressed concerns over a jury pool of 40, from which 12 and a couple alternates will hear testimony. Layne, who remains in jail on an open charge of murder and possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony. If convicted, she faces life in prison. Defense …
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Sandra Layne, 74, of West Bloomfield, was in court Thursday.
PONTIAC — The grandmother charged with shooting her grandson to death last May in the West Bloomfield condominium they shared on Brookview Lane is expected to go to trial early next year, after a judge's ruling Thursday. Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Denise Langford Morris set a tentative trial date of March 4 for Sandra Maxine Layne, 74, who remains in jail on an open charge of murder and possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony. If convicted, she faces life in prison. Meanwhile, defense attorney Jerome Sabbota said that forensic lab reports including ballistics analysis, blood spatter, and DNA testing will be completed from the condo in Maple Place Villas, where medical examiners have testified that Jonathan Hoffman, 17…
Monday, July 2, 2012
The 911 call in which Farmington Central student Jonathan Hoffman, 17, pleads for his life is played in court Monday.
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — Jonathan Hoffman called 911 and pleaded for help after being shot, in a recording played during his grandmother's preliminary examination at 48th District Court Monday. "My grandma shot me," the late Farmington Central High said. "I'm going to die. Help me." Prosecutors say Hoffman, 17, died May 18 as a result of multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body at the hands of Sandra Layne, 74, in the West Bloomfield condominium which she owns on Brookview Lane. Layne was bound over for trial to Oakland County Circuit Court by Judge Kimberly Small on an open charge of murder and possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony. During the six-minute 911 call, Hoffman explained that he was shot in his chest and sitting …
Sandra Layne, who admittedly told police that she killed her grandson, Jonathan Hoffman, will be in court Monday morning.
Sandra Layne, 74, a former schoolteacher, has an exam scheduled at 48th District Court in front of Judge Kimberly Small Monday at 11 a.m. West Bloomfield Police detectives said that Layne admitted killing her 17-year-old grandson, Jonathan Hoffman, on May 18. Hoffman, a senior at Farmington Central High School, was shot multiple times in the condominium he shared with Layne and her husband in the Maple Place Villas complex, on the 6000 block of Brookview Lane. Layne faces a charge of open murder and felony firearms possession. On May 24, Small had granted the prosecution a delay in the preliminary exam to allow for a test of competency. If bound over by a district court judge, a circuit court judge will determine whether she should face …
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Hearing for 74-old-old Sandra Layne of West Bloomfield charged in grandson's death is postponed. Father says he 'relented,' when Jonathan Hoffman wanted to stay behind after family moved to Arizona.
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — The 74-year-old West Bloomfield grandmother accused of fatally shooting her 17-year-old grandson as he pleaded for his life during a 911 call spoke softly to a judge Thursday morning to authorize a delay for her preliminary exam. Sandra Layne, 74, is scheduled to be back before Judge Kimberly Small at 48th District Court on July 2 after Small authorized a motion from prosecutors to test Layne's competence. Prosecutors say Layne shot grandson Jonathan Hoffman, a senior at Farmington Hills Central alternative high school, multiple times Friday at the condo they shared in Maple Place Villas. Defense attorney Jerome Sabbota denied allegations that Layne had pre-planned Hoffman's death by asking her 84-year-old husband to …
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Sandra Layne, who admittedly told police that she killed her grandson, Jonathan Hoffman will be in court Thursday morning.
Sandra Layne, 74, a former schoolteacher, has a preliminary exam scheduled at 48th District Court in front of Judge Kimberly Small Thursday at 8:30 a.m. During her arraignment on open murder and felony firearms charges Monday, Layne bowed her head and sat mute amid testimony from West Bloomfield Police detectives that said she admitted killing her 17-year-old grandson, Jonathan Hoffman, on May 18. Hoffman, a senior at Farmington Central alternative high school, was shot multiple times in the condominium he shared with Layne and her husband in the Maple Place Villas complex, on the 6000 block of Brookview Lane. If bound over by a district court judge, a circuit court judge will determine whether she should face first-or second-degree …
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Hundreds attend Tuesday morning funeral to honor the Farmington Central High School student who police say was gunned down by his grandmother at their West Bloomfield home.
SOUTHFIELD — Hundreds of friends and family packed the Ira Kaufman Chapel for the funeral service of 17-year-old Jonathan Hoffman, three difficult days after police say he was shot and killed by his grandmother in their West Bloomfield condominium. Friends and classmates spoke late Tuesday morning in front of a filled chapel in Southfield, not of the circumstances of Hoffman's death, which sent shockwaves throughout the community, but of a Farmington Central High School senior who was coming into his own while remaining one of a kind. "He was unafraid of being himself, even if it meant he was different from everyone else," Rabbi Joshua Bennett of Temple Israel said in eulogy. "He wasn't just a computer geek. He was a cool computer geek…
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Two dozen people gather at Temple Israel on Monday night to share memories about the 17-year-old West Bloomfield resident who was shot and killed Friday .
As Max Dashevsky and friends were asked to recount minor details about their last day with 17-year-old Jonathan Hoffman, the need to tell the bigger story grew Monday night. Interchangeably known as a road trip partner, video games teammate and a first best friend, Hoffman was remembered at a small gathering Monday night before his Tuesday morning funeral. The Farmington Central High School senior was fatally shot multiple times at his grandparents' West Bloomfield condominium Friday evening, officials say. His grandmother, Sandra Layne, was charged with murder Monday in his slaying. The teen's death and his grandmother's connection set off a shockwave in the community. With rain moving in Monday evening, Dashevsky and about 25 friends …
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Monday, May 21, 2012
Sandra Layne, a 74-year-old former schoolteacher from West Bloomfield, is being held without bond after being charged with murder in 17-year-old Jonathan Hoffman's shooting death.
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — Seventeen-year-old Jonathan Hoffman called 911 and pleaded for help after being shot in the chest, allegedly at the hands of his 74-year-old grandmother in their home in a gated community in West Bloomfield , according to police testimony at Sandra Layne's arraignment hearing Monday afternoon. Layne, a former schoolteacher, was arraigned Monday with an open charge of murder in Friday's shooting death of her grandson, a senior at Farmington Central alternative high school who previously attended North Farmington and Hillel Day School. After waving to family, including her husband, in the 48th District Court courtoom, Layne bowed her head and stood mute as a West Bloomfield Police detective described Hoffman's plea to …
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Bryce
7:03 pm on Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Most likely the right decision. Shooting someone one, two, maybe even three times is because you're scared. More than that shows malice in my book. more ›