Four men convicted of killing Janet Chandler had their motions for a new trial heard in the Court of Appeals in Lansing (July 14, 2009)
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Chandler defendants' appeals denied
Convictions upheld in 1979 murder case
Updated: Friday, 31 Jul 2009, 10:03 AM EDT
Published : Friday, 31 Jul 2009, 10:03 AM EDT
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) - The Michigan Court of Appeals has rejected appeals by four of the men convicted in the 1979 murder of Janet Chandler.
In a 22-page decision released Friday, the three-judge appellate panel hearing the case upheld the convictions of James Cleophas Nelson, Anthony Freddie Bass Parker, Arthur Paiva and Anthony Robert Eugene Williams.
At a
hearing earlier this month, Nelson claimed
there was insufficient evidence proven to convict him beyond a
reasonable doubt; Williams claimed his due process was violated and
he was identified through "impermissibly suggestive" methods. He
also claimed he was denied a fair trial by being tried jointly with
the others; Parker claimed his counsel was ineffective, and that
the court abused its discretion in denying separate trials; and
Paiva claimed his Sixth Amendment rights to confrontation were
denied.
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