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Lewis sentenced to 12 months in jail, 5 years probation for role in Graham death
By: Kortny Hahn
Issue date: 12/3/07 Section: News
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By Kortny Hahn
Staff Reporter
Former CMU football player Spencer Lewis was sentenced this afternoon to 12 months in jail and five years probation for his role in the beating death of DeMarcus Graham.
Judge William T. Ervin said he does not feel Lewis poses a threat to society, and prison time was not an appropriate punishment for Lewis' actions. He did feel that jail time and probation were appropriate.
Graham died July 14, 2004 at St. Mary's Hospital in Saginaw after a beating that occurred June 25, 2004 in front of Shaboom Pub Club, 106 Court St.
Lewis will serve 12 months in the Isabella County Jail, with credit for the 238 days he has already served. He will then be placed on probation for the following five years.
"What happened this night was the result of a mob mentality,"?Ervin said. "When the whole incident started, it seemed to escalate out of control, which resulted in the death of one person."
Lewis' primary attorney Marvin Barnett requested that once Lewis is released from jail that his probation be transferred to Las Vegas, where he is currently attending culinary school. Ervin told Barnett to submit written plan of Lewis' Las Vagas plans before Ervin could grant permission to transfer the probation.
news@cm-life.com
Staff Reporter
Former CMU football player Spencer Lewis was sentenced this afternoon to 12 months in jail and five years probation for his role in the beating death of DeMarcus Graham.
Judge William T. Ervin said he does not feel Lewis poses a threat to society, and prison time was not an appropriate punishment for Lewis' actions. He did feel that jail time and probation were appropriate.
Graham died July 14, 2004 at St. Mary's Hospital in Saginaw after a beating that occurred June 25, 2004 in front of Shaboom Pub Club, 106 Court St.
Lewis will serve 12 months in the Isabella County Jail, with credit for the 238 days he has already served. He will then be placed on probation for the following five years.
"What happened this night was the result of a mob mentality,"?Ervin said. "When the whole incident started, it seemed to escalate out of control, which resulted in the death of one person."
Lewis' primary attorney Marvin Barnett requested that once Lewis is released from jail that his probation be transferred to Las Vegas, where he is currently attending culinary school. Ervin told Barnett to submit written plan of Lewis' Las Vagas plans before Ervin could grant permission to transfer the probation.
news@cm-life.com
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