The State Appellate Defender Office and the Criminal Defense Resource Center will present a webinar on “Defendants’ Constitutional Right To Present (Otherwise) Inadmissible Evidence” Tuesday, April 15, from noon to 1:30 p.m. via Zoom. Speaking at the training will be SADO assistant defenders Steven Helton and Jackie McCann.
Helton earned his law degree from Wayne State University Law School in 2013. While in law school, he interned for U.S. District Court Chief Judge Gerald Rosen, Eastern District of Michigan. After graduating, Helton took a position with WilmerHale, working in the firm’s international commercial arbitration department in London. When he returned to Detroit, he joined the MAACS roster and began handling criminal appeals, while also handling commercial litigation for corporate clients. Helton joined SADO in 2018 so that he could continue working for indigent individuals.
McCann has been an assistant defender at SADO since 2001. She was the principal author of SADO’s Criminal Defense Resource Center’s Defender Plea, Sentence, and Post-Conviction Book and Annotated Sentencing Guidelines Manual from 2011-2019. McCann regularly represents defendants in Michigan’s appellate courts, including in People v Francisco, 474 Mich 82 (2006), People v Steanhouse, 500 Mich 453 (2017), and People v King, 512 Mich 1 (2023). She is also an adjunct professor for the Criminal Appellate Practice Clinic at Wayne State University Law School on a rotating basis.
To register for the webinar, visit www.sado.org and click on “upcoming events.” Anyone with questions may email CDRC Manager Kathy Swedlow at kswedlow@sado.org.
Helton earned his law degree from Wayne State University Law School in 2013. While in law school, he interned for U.S. District Court Chief Judge Gerald Rosen, Eastern District of Michigan. After graduating, Helton took a position with WilmerHale, working in the firm’s international commercial arbitration department in London. When he returned to Detroit, he joined the MAACS roster and began handling criminal appeals, while also handling commercial litigation for corporate clients. Helton joined SADO in 2018 so that he could continue working for indigent individuals.
McCann has been an assistant defender at SADO since 2001. She was the principal author of SADO’s Criminal Defense Resource Center’s Defender Plea, Sentence, and Post-Conviction Book and Annotated Sentencing Guidelines Manual from 2011-2019. McCann regularly represents defendants in Michigan’s appellate courts, including in People v Francisco, 474 Mich 82 (2006), People v Steanhouse, 500 Mich 453 (2017), and People v King, 512 Mich 1 (2023). She is also an adjunct professor for the Criminal Appellate Practice Clinic at Wayne State University Law School on a rotating basis.
To register for the webinar, visit www.sado.org and click on “upcoming events.” Anyone with questions may email CDRC Manager Kathy Swedlow at kswedlow@sado.org.
