3/13/2024 0 Comments Howell township murder suicide![]() It is likely Howell’s defense attorney at the trial was unaware of the conviction of the other man, Pamukov said. On top of that, Mueller said he also plans to sue Eastpointe police for failing to inform prosecutors of the conviction of the other man, whom he called a “serial robber,” for the other robberies, all of which also were 7/Eleven stores. Mueller said as required he will file a lawsuit in the Court of Claims, and Howell should receive his money within “four to five months” since Lucido won’t oppose it. Howell will be eligible to receive about $320,000 from the state under the Wrongful Imprisonment Act due to the miscarriage of justice, according to his civil attorney Wolfgang Mueller. Howell’s insistence of his innocence and another man being convicted of five similar armed robberies in south Macomb, including the store for which Howell was convicted of robbing, were other factors. Howell was convicted by a jury of robbing a 7/Eleven store on 10 Mile Road in Eastpointe in 2014 and sentenced to 25 years in prison despite his description failing to match. Howell’s nephew, Dwayne Howell, said the family is “excited” he is home and he will be able to attend family gatherings. “I’m just happy to be out,” Howell said during the conference. Attorney Gail Pamukov speaks at the news conference Wednesday.MACOMB DAILY PHOTO Howell, 62, of formerly of Harper Woods, was accompanied by his sister and nephew at the conference held by Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido in the county Administration Building in Mount Clemens that was attended by several other exonerees, including Ken Wyniemko, Assistant Macomb Prosecutor Gail Pamukov, head of the Conviction Integrity Unit, and Dave Moran of the University of Michigan Innocence Clinic, which assisted in the case. mother, and critically injures her daughter and other driver
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