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One redemption per person. 4t. orchard lake road I south of maple I west bloomfield THE BOARDWALK 4111 MICHIGAN STATE Symposium on modern Hebrew and Israeli Literature MSU UNIVERSITY April 9-10,2013 ■ to nrtv prolo - Ntriz nI5rolt On the campus of Michigan State UnMersin, Celebrating the Irwin T. and Shirley Holtzman Israeli Literature Collection and Archive at the MSU Libraries KEYNOTE SPEAKERS r .71 *In • primp Dr123 Israeli novelist Literary scholar and translator Tues., April 9 7:30 p.m. MSU Main Library Weds., April 10 7:30 p.m. MSU Main Library MEIR SHALEV ROBERT ALTER 15m7 1235u, / 73'5w73 1 131 -Fil 0Y19 FREE and open to the public! D F ull schedule, parking information and more: Full lip.msu.eawsumposium.isp 5 41 using a tissue to wipe his eyes and hide his face from the cameras. After the jurors were dismissed, t took less than two days of delib- they met privately with the attorneys eration for the jury to find Sandra from both sides. The 911 tape, which Layne, 75, guilty of second-degree the jurors listened to several times murder in the shooting death of during their deliberations, was a key Jonathan Hoffman, her factor in their decision, 17-year-old grandson. according to Sabbota and Layne fired a total of 10 Chief Assistant Prosecutor shots at Hoffman, six of Paul Walton. The six- which struck and wounded minute tape has a gap him, on May 18, 2012. of almost three minutes Layne testified that during between Hoffman telling an argument over a drug the emergency operator o his grandmother shot him screening the teen had failed earlier that day, she and Layne re-entering the went upstairs to Hoffman's E room and shooting him loft bedroom armed with again. a Glock 17 handgun she A trail of Layne's bloody had purchased three weeks footprints indicate she earlier. went down into the base- "I wanted him to hear ment in between the first me, pay attention to me. and second set of shots. He had to listen," she said. One set of footprints led to Hoffman, who feared a chair that held the gun he would be sent to jail case and an empty sleeve for violating the terms of of ammunition. Layne tes- his probations, had asked tified she went downstairs Layne to give him $2,000 to hide. and the keys to her car so "The obvious question Jonathan Hoffman he could leave town, Layne is why didn't she pick up claimed. the phone?" said Walton. Hoffman was living with Layne "Unlike most people, she knew the and her husband, Fred, in their West response time of the West Bloomfield Bloomfield condominium while his police [because of a previous call], yet parents were in Arizona taking care she chose 10 bullets over 11 phones of their daughter, Jessie, who was [the number in her home]:' diagnosed with a brain tumor shortly Walton also said the jurors thought after the family arrived. Hoffman, Layne's testimony made her seem who had originally moved with his evasive and deceptive, especially dur- parents, was invited by Layne to ing her second day on the stand. She return to Michigan and stay with her refused to answer many of the "yes" so he could finish out his senior year or "no" questions posed by Assistant at Farmington Central High School. Oakland County Prosecutor Kelli Since the verdict, Layne's attor- Megyesi, and responded to other ney, Jerome Sabbota, has criticized questions, such as where she kept the Hoffman's parents, who are divorced, gun case or how the gun came to be for leaving their son, who was on pro- loaded, by saying she did not recall. bation for drug possession, with his Sabbota said he may file an appeal elderly grandmother. based on certain evidentiary rulings Michael and Jennifer Hoffman and portions of the jury instructions regarding involuntary manslaughter. contend they were reluctant to send Jonathan at first, but Layne "actively "This is a case that should have been campaigned" for him to come and resolved. I don't look at it as a win or live with her. loss," he said. When the verdict was announced, He said he was prevented from Layne looked stunned, mouthing the presenting certain evidence, such as testimony from Hoffman's probation words, "Oh, my God:' to Sabbota. Layne's 87-year-old husband, Fred, officer, which would have indicated who sat in the courtroom through- the teen's state of mind in the weeks out the two-week trial, began to cry, prior to his death. Contributing Writer FLO Sponsored by the MSU Jewish Studies Program and by the MSU Libraries. .1.11 Made possible by a special gift from Ritta Rosenberg. --age z.1 1111N t 16 March 28 • 2013 {$1 242 All refreshments and meals served at the Symposium are prepared and served under kosher supervision. MSU JEW! H STUDIES — jsp.msu.edu — r . Michi9an Stale University LIBRARIES r i 1817220 Second-Degree on page 22