People v. Lewis

Upon retrial for the fatal beating and stabbing of O’Dell Cheatham on January 12, 1978, defendants Mallory and Lewis were convicted of the lesser included offense of second-degree murder. A third defendant, Charles Howard, was acquitted. At the first trial, all three defendants were convicted by jury of first-degree felony murder. Those convictions were affirmed by the Court of Appeals, 1 but were reversed and a retrial was ordered by the Supreme Court in People v Mallory, 421 Mich 229; 365 NW2d 673 (1984). Sentenced to 60 to 120 and 59 to 119 years in prison respectively, Mallory and Lewis…