DETROIT (WWJ) — The man charged with murdering prominent Detroit neurosurgeon Dr. Devon Hoover has been bound over for trial.
A Wayne County judge ruled that there is sufficient evidence to order 35-year-old Desmond Burks to face a jury trial for the 2023 murder of Hoover, who was found shot to death in his home.
“Well, it’s not really a big surprised that the judge bound Burks over for trial,” said WWJ Legal Analyst Charlie Langton, who was at the courthouse Thursday. “Prosecutors showed that there was a sufficient connection between the two. Even though it’s circumstantial evidence, there was that connection.”…