A three-judge panel of the Michigan Court of Appeals on Tuesday denied the Oxford High School shooter’s requests to withdraw his guilty plea or be resentenced after an Oakland County judge declined to do both.
In a brief order issued Tuesday, Court of Appeals Presiding Judge Randy Wallace wrote that the requests were denied for a “lack of merit in the grounds presented.” No other explanation was given by the panel that included Court of Appeals judges Sima Patel and Thomas C. Cameron.
When Ethan Crumbley’s appellate attorney Jacqueline Ouvry appealed the Oakland County ruling, she wrote that Crumbley’s legal team during his case failed to properly investigate mitigating factors before Crumbley pleaded guilty to killing four classmates and injuring six others and a teacher…