A Michigan man convicted of killing his close friend and injuring three other men during a brawl in downtown Grand Rapids in 2022 deserves a new trial, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled last month.
On Sept. 9, two judges on a three-member appellate panel vacated the convictions of Genesis Lewis, 28, including second-degree murder and three counts of assault with intent to commit murder. The judges found that the trial judge had improperly instructed the jury in October 2023 by failing to have jurors consider mitigating circumstances that could have affected their verdict…