Sandra Layne's fate in hands of jury
The jury in the murder trial of West Bloomfield grandmother Sandra Layne will return to deliberations tomorrow
AND IF WE CAN SEE THE TEMPERATURES CATCH UP TO THE CALENDAR. Devin: THE JURY IN THE MURDER TRIAL OF WEST BLOOM TOLD GRANDMOTHER SANDRA LAYNE WILL CONTINUE DELIBERATING TOMORROW. SHE IS CHARGED WITH MURDERING HER 17-YEAR-OLD GRANDSON JONATHAN HOFFMAN. MORE ON HOW PROSECUTORS USED THE VOICE OF HOFFMAN IN THEIR ARGUMENTS. Roger: THE PROSECUTORS REPLAYED A 911 CALL MADE BY A WOUNDED HOFFMAN. BUT THE DEFENSE PLAYED ANOTHER 911 CALL MADE TWO MONTHS EARLIER BY A DESPERATE-SOUNDING SANDRA LAYNE. JONATHAN HALF MONTANA CALLED 911 FROM THE CONDO WHERE HE LIVED WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER SANDRA LAYNE. ASSISTANT PROSECUTOR SAYS 2 MINUTES AND 47 SECONDS PASSED BEFORE SHE PULLED THE TRIGGER ON THE GLOCK AGAIN. WITH THAT KIND OF INTERVAL BETWEEN SHOTS, HE SAID SHE HAD TIME TO THINK ABOUT WHAT SHE WAS DOING. DOES SHE HAVE TO PULL THE TRIGGER A THIRD TIME? A FOURTH TIME? A FIFTH TIME? Roger: TEN SHOTS IN ALL OVER 6 MINUTES. FOR PART OF THAT TIME, HOFFMAN WOULD HAVE TO BE CRAWLING OR ON HIS KNEES. HER ATTORNEY SAID SHE WAS AFRAID OF HIS DRUG USE AND MADE THIS CALL TO 911. Roger: HE SAID HOFFMAN KICKED HER IN THE CHEST AND HIT HER IN THE FACE, WHEN SHE OPENED FIRE. ONLY ONE REASON SHE DID WHAT SHE DID, SHE WAS IN FEAR. Roger: THE PROSECUTION COUNTERED THAT SHE HAD NO INJURIES, NEVER CALLED 911ED AND NEVER TRIED TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE. WALTON SAYS LAYNE TOLD POLICE AS THEY ARRIVED, QUOTE, I MURDERED MY GRANDSON. THIS JURY OF 7 WOMEN AND 5 MEN HAS ASKED TO HEAR THE 911
