SAULT STE. MARIE (AP) — The Michigan Court of Appeals won’t set aside charges in the death of a 2-year-old Upper Peninsula boy who suffocated.
The case against Donald Nelson and the boy’s mother, Mary Plis, has reached three courts. A District Court judge dismissed the case, but the decision was overturned by a Chippewa County Circuit judge.
The appeals court affirmed that ruling last week with a 2-1 vote.
Nelson and Plis are charged with involuntary manslaughter. Authorities allege that the boy was overly swaddled in many blankets before being placed on a soft couch in 2013.
Two appellate judges said there’s evidence to support allegations that Nelson and Plis were grossly negligent. But in dissent, Judge Jane Markey says there’s no evidence that the couple knew or should have known the boy would be at risk.
- Posted January 02, 2017
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Court: Charges will stand against couple in death of U.P. boy
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