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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Court throws out part of conviction in 2013 porch shooting

ASSOCIATED PRESS

A Detroit-area man who fatally shot a young woman on his porch will get a new sentencing hearing after the Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously threw out part of his conviction.

The court said Ted Wafer's constitutional rights were violated when a jury was allowed to convict him of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter in the 2013 death of Renisha McBride.

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