‘We’ve waited 35 years’: New ruling sends man accused in 1989 killing to trial

ANN ARBOR, MI — After 35 years of waiting, Jackie Meggison could see someone face a jury for the death of her sister-in-law.

“It’s a relief,” Meggison told MLive/The Ann Arbor News outside the courtroom of Washtenaw County Trial Court Judge Jinan Hamood on Tuesday morning.

Moments before, Hamood had ruled Buster Robbins should stand trial for felony murder in the death of Beverly Ann Wivell. The ruling overturned a lower court decision from District 14-A2 Judge Karl Barr…

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