Defense attorney Shannon Smith said that Ethan Crumbley’s testimony would be related to “extraneous matters” and not the Nov. 30 shooting.
Lawyers representing the parents of a Michigan teenager charged in a shooting at Oxford High School that left four of his fellow students dead said Monday that they plan to call him to testify at the couple’s trial.
Defense attorney Shannon Smith told Oakland County Circuit Judge Cheryl Matthews that Ethan Crumbley’s testimony would be related to “extraneous matters” and not the“We need him as a witness in this trial,” said Smith, who represents Jennifer Crumbley. “There are just certain questions we would just not be able to ask. We do understand that.”
The disclosure came during court hearing in Pontiac, where Matthews ruled against the defense’s motion for a change of venue for James and Jennifer Crumbley’s involuntary manslaughter trial, which isMatthews sided with the couple’s arguments that some evidence, such as the condition of their home, would not be admitted at trial.
Seven others, including a teacher, also were wounded during the shooting about 30 miles north of Detroit.
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