The Detroit Free Press quoted Arthur J. Weiss in an article reporting on the record $250 million cash bond set for Pontiac mother Kelli Bryant, who police say abandoned her three children for four years, leaving them to survive amid squalid living conditions.
Criminal defense attorney and president of Michigan Defense Attorneys Arthur J. Weiss commented on WXYZ Channel 7’s coverage of Oxford school shooter’s mom Jennifer Crumbley’s request for acquittal or a new trial.
Arthur J. Weiss’ criminal defense client Calvin Zastrow will weigh his options following a pardon from President Donald Trump and his federal court conviction for blockading entrances to Michigan abortion clinics.
As attorney Arthur J. Weiss calls it, Richmond Police Chief Thomas Costello’s “nightmare of a year and a half is over.” Costello was accused of using the police-only computer network, LEIN, to retrieve non-public information without probable cause.
Following a grueling trial, Richmond’s police chief and Arthur J. Weiss client, Tom Costello, was acquitted by jury of a misdemeanor on the allegation he illegally disclosed LEIN information to a third party.
The Detroit News gathered comments from criminal Defense attorney Arthur J. Weiss regarding the case of Patrick Lyoya, who was shot dead by a police officer in April 2022. A panel of judges from the Michigan Court of Appeals will decide whether former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr will go on trial for second-degree murder.
August 6, 2023
Seasoned criminal defense attorney Arthur J. Weiss commented in the Detroit Free Press article highlighting how discrepancies in the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office’s approach regarding school shooter Ethan Crumbley’s mental fitness might impact his Miller hearing and his parents’ trial. Weiss was among other experts who agreed that the Oakland County Prosecutor’s office “talking out of both sides of their mouth” may create difficulties in convicting the Crumbley parents of involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of the Oxford student victims.
Likening it to political posturing, Weiss explained, “It’s the typical politician. … They’re arguing different positions depending on the audience… They’re selecting what they want to select to sentence the child. And then they select what they want to select to convict the parents. But it’s the same child, same parents. And you’re trying to slice it up like a salami. And it shouldn’t happen.”
Weiss added that the prosecution’s position during the Miller hearing that Ethan Crumbley was not mentally ill and could discern right from wrong during the shooting incident could potentially be used to uphold the Crumbley parent’s claims of innocence: “These parents knew he had reported hallucinations … (and) had asked to go to the doctor … They did nothing. They knew their son was depressed. Instead of getting him help, they bought him a gun.”
April 5, 2023
Arthur J. Weiss was among a small group of legal experts in Metro Detroit who the Detroit Free Press called to comment on former President Donald Trump’s indictment. While all the experts expect the case to become a long, drawn-out process, Weiss pointed out that the nature of the documents and evidence takes the case beyond simply a political kerfuffle. “At the end of the day, yeah, it’s not first-degree murder. It’s not a violent armed robbery. It’s a financial crime … and you can demean it all you want, but at the end of the day people get prosecuted for it.”
February 6, 2023
Arthur J. Weiss commented in a Detroit Free Press article regarding the retirement of U.S. District Judge Victoria Roberts, who presided over the Hutaree militia case he had worked on: “Her retirement will leave the bench with a significant void. Throughout her judicial career, she has consistently displayed intellectual decisiveness, integrity and intestinal fortitude.”
November 29, 2022
Arthur J. Weiss was interviewed by the Detroit Free Press following the Michigan Supreme Court’s granting of a request for the temporary suspension of Jennifer and James Crumbley, parents of the Oxford school shooter.
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