Judge denies motion to postpone Grass Lake horse case
Posted by Steven Hepker
Jackson Citizen Patriot
May 23, 2008 10:56AM
Categories: Crime/courts
A judge Friday denied a prosecution motion to postpone the June 16 trial in the Grass Lake horse case pending appeal.
Circuit Judge Chad Schmucker said the misdemeanor animal neglect case will go forward against farm manager Matthew Mercier and Turn 3 Ranch owner James Henderson.
Henderson's attorney, Michael Dungan, argued that if the trial is delayed, Henderson will lose his job as a probation agent in Ann Arbor.
Dungan said Henderson, who is suspended from his job, will be fired if the charge remains on July 1.
Assistant Prosecutor Gerrold Schrotenboer told Schmucker he will file appeals early next week and ask for an immediate decision whether the Court of Appeals will consider the appeal.
Prosecutors will appeal Schmucker's recent ruling that tossed felony torture charges, and a ruling a week ago by Circuit Judge Thomas Wilson that Jackson County must reimburse Henderson for the loss of 68-plus horses.
The county Animal Control seized the Grass Lake horse farm in March 2007 and eventually sold or gave away the horses and their offspring.
Smell that, Jackson County Animal Control?
(No, it's not your old filthy, disease-ridden shelter.)
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