![]() It undercut Yolanda Browning’s two statements to police falsely identifying Roosevelt as the killer.” “Her description of him wearing a mask was something the jury never knew. ![]() “Joyci Riley said that the killer was short and wore a mask,” paralegal Roberto Guzman, who worked on Pettiford’s appeal to the Supreme Court, told VOD. Police devoted many pages to each hearsay report. Police records show that officers at the crime scene talked eagerly to multiple individuals who claimed Pettiford had hurt or killed their relatives in unrelated cases, even enlisting them as key witnesses although they did not see the murder and their statements were nothing more than hearsay. Williams and Kettler claimed she gave them false address. Gerald Williams, AP Molly Kettler (Bottom) Young Manor, 2500 W. Williams did not testify that he actually went to any address to find her. Riley also gave other addresses for her job and her church where she could be found. Grand Blvd., 1.2 miles away from Young Manor. Williams claimed the closest building to that address was the former GM Building at 3044 W. That address is Young Manor, a well-known 12-story federally subsidized property. to police during an interview directly after the killing. Police and court records show that Riley gave her 2005-06 address of 2500 W. That testimony was thoroughly debunked on appeal. Prosecutor Molly Kettler backed up his testimony to the judge and jury, citing “the overall unwillingness of people to come to court and testify.” 1, 2005, Joyci Riley, had given him a fake address to avoid testifying. Asst. Williams, who died in 2016, claimed a direct eyewitness to the murder of Vinson Ellington Nov. She referred to the trial testimony of the Detroit Police Officer in Charge (OIC) of Pettiford’s case, Gerald Williams. “He’s in there because of folks lying that they could not find the person that would set him free.” “I’m here to free my son’s father because he is innocent,” Sheila Vincent told VOD during the 2018 protest. After the MSC ruling, they talked Pettiford and others into allowing them to continue their investigation prior to the evidentiary hearing granted by the high court. The CIU initially took Pettiford’s case after the protest by Pettiford’s supporters and others (shown above). Sheila Vincent, mother of Roosevelt Pettiford’s son. Ellington was shot multiple times, first in the back while standing at a gas pump, and then as he lay on the ground. 1, 2005 murder of Vinson Ellington, 24, at a Marathon Gas station located at 2844 E. The high court refused to grant the CIU’s motion to suspend the ruling while it investigated the case. They ordered an evidentiary hearing on his claims that police lied about witness testimony that would have exonerated him. “The case has not been presented to Prosecutor Worthy.”īut the Michigan Supreme Court granted Pettiford’s motion for relief from judgment tw0 years ago, on March 18, 2020. “No decision has been made,” Maria Miller, Chief of Communications for Wayne Co. before publishing this story.)ĭETROIT- Lifer Roosevelt Pettiford is one of 1700 applicants whose cases have been in limbo at the Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU) of the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office, in his case, for almost four years. Note: VOD reviewed extensive documentation in Pettiford’s case, including court records and defense counsel filings. CIU took case, Pettiford remains among 1700 prisoners still on “wait” list CIU’s request to delay rulingįour years after Wayne Co. Michigan Supreme Court granted Pettiford appeal March 18, 2020, de nied Wayne Co. Prosecution’s main witness recanted ID at trial, but Judge Annette Berry allowed jury to hear previous false statement They have not yet announced any resolution.)ĭPD PO Gerald Williams, AP Molly Kettler falsely claimed major direct eyewitness to murder gave a fake address to avoid testifying Afterwards, Pettiford received word that Wayne County Conviction Integrity Unit was taking his case. 3, 2018, families gathered outside the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice in Detroit to protest wrongful convictions of loved ones including Roosevelt Pettiford. Wrongful Convictions of Pettiford, others.
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