Flint, MI
Criminal defense Lawyer at Flint, MI
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI ... +2 more
OUTCOME: The jury acquitted Conerly of first-degree murder, armed robbery and felony charges.
Dantrell Conerly was charged in 2009 with killing a 16-year-old boy in a 2005 shooting. There was no physical evidence left behind and Mr. Manley showed they couldn't believe the testimony from Conerly ... 's father, a convicted felon who testified against his son.
OUTCOME: Avoiding the possibility of life in prison, Christopher Mukdsi pleaded to a lesser charge of manslaughter and was sentenced to no additional jail time.
In what was considered a landmark case in Michigan, Christopher Mukdsi was charged with felony murder on allegations that his elderly mother was forced to live in horrible conditions. Mr. Manley pointe ... d out that the cause of death was not listed as homicide until three months after Christopher Mukdsi was charged with murder. Mr. Manley also pointed out Mukdsi's mother's health and questioned whether her death was a result of the living conditions or the result of the cancer she suffered from.
OUTCOME: Four members were found not guilty, while the fifth member's charges were dropped before the case ever advanced to Circuit Court.
In 2010, all five members of the Beecher water and sewer board faced criminal charges in the midst of allegations of public corruption. Prosecutors accused four board members of illegally collecting th ... ousands of dollars in false expenses for a trip to San Diego and charged them with embezzlement and larceny by conversion. All five members hired Mr. Manley to represent them.