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Michigan Supreme Court will hear Samantha Woll case appeal for home invasion charge

The Michigan Supreme Court agreed Wednesday, Sept. 9, to hear part of Wayne County prosecutors' appeal in the 2023 killing of prominent Detroit Jewish leader Samantha Woll. The court will take up whether Michael Jackson-Bolanos can be retried on a first-degree home invasion charge. What remains untouched is the dismissal of a felony murder count against him. That charge remains dead.

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Scoop News DeskSpecific city/county not stated, Michigan · Published Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 10:44 PM UTCUpdated Thursday, September 10, 2026 at 8:24 PM UTC

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Wayne County Circuit Judge Margaret Van Houten dismissed the deadlocked charges, citing U.S. And it deadlocked on two counts — first-degree felony murder and first-degree home invasion — reaching no verdict at all. Jackson-Bolanos was arrested that December and went to trial in the summer of 2024.

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