ABA transitions annual meeting from in-person to virtual
The American Bar Association, in consideration of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, will transition its 2020 Annual Meeting, scheduled for July 29-Aug. 4 in Chicago, to an entirely virtual meeting.
“While we will not meet in person this summer in Chicago, I am pleased that we will nonetheless gather together to continue our important work,” said ABA President Judy Perry Martinez.
The virtual meeting, which is free to ABA members, will offer registrants access to influential speakers relevant to the legal profession and programming with a revised schedule to accommodate members’ locations and time.
The agenda will include governance and business meetings, virtual networking opportunities, General Assembly with the presentation of the ABA Medal, and a House of Delegates gathering.
Information on registration can be found at www.ambar.org/annual.
Conviction stands in death of woman who harassed neighbors
GRAND HAVEN (AP) — The Michigan Court of Appeals has affirmed the murder conviction of an Ottawa County man who told police that he killed a neighbor on the day after Christmas because she was a nuisance to the neighborhood.
Wendell Popejoy argued that jurors should have been allowed to consider manslaughter as a lesser offense at the 2018 trial. But the appeals court recently ruled that charge didn't fit.
The court noted that Popejoy put down his coffee on Dec. 26, 2017, retrieved a gun from his bedroom and shot Sheila Bonge in the back of her head while she was snowblowing in Crockery Township.
“A rational review of this evidence does not support a finding that the killing occurred in the heat of passion," the appeals court said.
Police said Popejoy put Bonge's unclothed body on a sled and sent it down a hill behind his house. The appeals court noted that the trial revealed tension between Bonge and neighbors.
The court said Bonge “repeatedly harassed multiple neighbors by name-calling, yelling, ‘lipping the bird,’ trespassing, snowblowing snow onto her neighbor’s driveways ... driving on their grass.”
Popejoy, now 65, told police at the time that he just “snapped.”
Foul play: Louisiana police search for ‘aggressive chicken’
WALKER, La. (AP) — Police were searching for an “aggressive chicken” accused of engaging in fowl play at an Louisiana bank.
The Walker Police Department responded to a complaint about the brazen animal Friday, the agency said in a social media post last weekend.
Witnesses told police the chicken had been spotted at the bank multiple times, approaching patrons at the ATM, chasing customers and even attempting to climb into cars in the drive-thru, according to the department’s post.
Officials said officers responded to the bank within minutes of the call, but found the pesky poultry had already escaped.
Residents were advised not to confront the animal but call for help instead.
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