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Wayne
Circuit
Court
Judge
Removed
from
Porch
Shooting
Case
DETROIT
(Tell Us
Det) -
Friday,
Wayne
County
Circuit
Chief
Judge
Pro Tem
Timothy
Kenn
recused
trial
Judge
Qiana
Lillard
because
a male
prosecutor
handling
the case
had been
listed
as part
of her
campaign
committee
and had
sold
tickets
to a
fundraiser
on her
behalf.
Defense
attorneys
argued
Lillard's
previous
employment
with the
prosecutor's
office
and
associations
with
employees
create
an
appearance
of
impropriety.
“The
Wayne
County
Prosecutor’s
Office
will not
appeal
the
ruling
of Judge
Kenny.
We will
request
that the
case be
blind
drawn to
another
judge,”
said
Maria
Miller.
Theodore
Wafer is
the
Dearborn
Heights
defendant
charged
with
second
deegree
murder
in the
fatal
shooting
death of
Renisha
McBride.
He
believed
McBride
was
trying
to break
in.
Prosecutors
say
Wafer
should
have
called
police
instead
of
shooting.
McBride
was
drunk
and in a
car
crash
three
hours
earlier.
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