PONTIAC, Mich. — A pretrial hearing Tuesday for the parents of the teenager charged with the Oxford High School mass shooting lasted only 20 minutes, but it laid down ground rules that could change the direction of Jennifer and James Crumbley’s own separate criminal cases.
The actions of the court could effectively cut off avenues for appeal and lead to new lawyers who would represent the couple independently.
The couple are the parents of 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley, who is charged with fatally shooting four students and wounding six others and a teacher in the Nov. 30 incident at the school. The parents have each been charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter because prosecutors say they ignored warning signs and purchased for their son the handgun used in the killings.
