Sandra Layne Asks for 1-Year Sentence

The 75-year-old West Bloomfield woman convicted of killing her grandson is asking for the minimum sentence of a year in prison, according to an article in the Oakland Press.

Jonathan Hoffman was a student at Farmington Central High School. 

According to the article, Sandra Layne's attorney filed a request for the minimum sentence this week ahead of her sentencing on April 18.

Her attorney told the judge that Layne is already in her own prison and the public does not need to be protected from her, according to the Oakland Press.

In March, a jury found Layne guilty of second degree murder in the shooting death of her 17-year-old grandson this past May.

Layne was also found guilty of the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, for which she faces a minimum of two years in prison.

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