Stone changes plea

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On Friday, former CMU student Alvin Broadus Stone Jr.’s request to change his no contest plea for having sexual contact with a 15-year-old girl was refused, but a demand for a new attorney was granted.
Assistant Prosecutor Mark Duthie said Stone, 34, “basically made an oral motion on his own behalf asking to withdraw his plea.”
Duthie said Stone talked with Judge Paul Chamberlain about the reasons for the request and was given a new public defender. If Stone, after meeting with his new defender decides he still wants to withdraw his plea, Duthie said he needs a written motion to do so and a hearing if that occurs.
Stone will now be sentenced Aug. 29, according to court records.
Stone originally accepted the plea June 28 when the former Jackson resident was scheduled to stand trial on three counts of third degree criminal sexual conduct. Before a jury could be selected, Stone chose to plead guilty to third degree CSC for a February incident, and to a second offender notice, which acknowledges that he had a prior conviction of criminal sexual contact.
After his June 28 appearance in the courtroom, Stone was taken to a holding cell near the courtroom where he was left until a court officer dismissed jurors. He had hidden a metal razor band from a dismantled disposable razor he had obtained at an earlier time in jail. While alone in the holding cell, Stone cut open one of his wrists.
When a bailiff returned to the cell, Stone was found conscious after having bled about one pint of blood. He sustained no injury.
Stone was originally charged as a third-time habitual offender because of a previous second degree CSC conviction in 1990 in Jackson County and a 1992 conviction for delivery and manufacture of a controlled substance, less than 50 grams, also in Jackson County. The charges Stone faced stemmed from three alleged sexual assaults, including intercourse, with a 15-year-old girl, whom he met while working as a classroom aide for Renaissance Charter School Academy, 2797 S. Isabella Road.
As part of the plea agreement, two of the three CSC charges against Stone were dismissed. Prior to the trial, Stone was in jail serving a six month sentence for a February conviction for resisting and obstructing an officer.
The maximum sentence Stone could get is six to 15 years in prison.