DETROIT – Metro Detroit’s courts are preparing for a busy start to 2026, with six high-profile criminal trials scheduled in the first three months.
The series of trials begins next week with the case of Desmond Burks, charged in the 2023 murder of Dr. Devon Hoover in Detroit’s historic Boston-Edison neighborhood. Jury selection starts Wednesday following a final pre-trial hearing Monday.
Later this month, Dale Warner faces trial in Lenawee County for the alleged murder of his wife, Dee Warner. Investigators discovered her remains on Warner’s property years after her 2021 disappearance. The trial, beginning January 27, is expected to last several weeks…