Event scheduled to honor retiring bankruptcy judge
An evening to honor Judge Marci B. McIvor on her retirement from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, the Eastern District of Michigan, will take place Thursday, Jan. 30, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Rattlesnake Club, 300 River Place Dr. in Detroit.
Hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar will be available.
Net proceeds from the event will benefit Access to Bankruptcy Court, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization providing representation to low income debtors.
The evening is sponsored by the Federal Bar Association, Eastern District of Michigan Chapter; Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustee Association for the Eastern District of Michigan; The Consumer Bankruptcy Association; Debtor/Creditor Rights Committee of the State Bar of Michigan; and Turnaround Management Association Detroit Chapter.
Advance tickets are $50 and regular price tickets are $60.
To register online, visit https://fbamich.org and click on “events.”
Court overturns man’s murder conviction over Miranda rights
SALEM, Ind. (AP) — The Indiana Court of Appeals overturned the murder conviction of a man accused of setting a 2017 fire at his trailer that killed a homeless man, saying police “failed to scrupulously honor’’ his right to remain silent.
A jury found Joshua Risinger, 31, guilty but mentally ill last year. The Salem man was accused of setting his trailer ablaze in March 2017 with 62-year-old Jeffery Givan inside. Risinger told police he had invited Givan to stay with him.
In January, Risinger was sentenced to 60 years in prison.
Risinger appealed with several arguments, including that the trial court wrongly allowed statements he made to police where he said, “I’m done talking.’’
In an opinion issued this month, the appeals court agreed. The three-judge panel said while Risinger could have been clearer in invoking his Miranda rights, the law doesn’t require such a formal declaration.
His statement was “an unequivocal invocation of his right to remain silent pursuant to Miranda, and the detectives continuation of questioning thereafter was a failure to scrupulously honor that right,” according to the recent decision.
What did we do on holiday break? Make a toilet paper pyramid
MIDLAND (AP) — It’s not what the Egyptians had in mind but it worked: A group of Michigan high school students made a pyramid out of toilet paper — 27,434 rolls.
It took 16 hours for students to assemble the pyramid at Bullock Creek High School in Midland County. They hope to be recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records and sell the toilet paper as a fundraiser for the 20-member robotics team.
“There was a lot of excitement when we got to the last few layers, but the final roll at the top was actually pretty anti-climactic,” Maxton Herst told MLive.com. “Every single roll you place, you want it to be in the correct spot. It was just kind of mind-numbing work.”
Herst got the idea three years ago after seeing a similar pyramid on YouTube.
The students built the pyramid during holiday break. The robotics team began to dismantle the pyramid Monday, the first day of classes after the holidays. Rolls of the two-ply toilet paper were placed into 96-count boxes for purchase.
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