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Aaron Brown, who in October pleaded no contest to charges involving the April 2024 shooting at a Chipotle in Southfield, was recently sentenced in Oakland County Circuit Court, WDIV reported.
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Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2025
Rosendo Cruz Vargas, 31, pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter charge and a felony hit-and-run count, but with no plea deal in place.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025
He had originally been charged with murder for the October 2009 fatal shooting of a 23-year-old man during a sideshow in East Oakland, but pleaded no contest to the lesser charge and received a seven-year prison sentence, according to court records.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2025
The child’s father, 34-year-old Christopher McLean, pleaded no contest to a similar set of charges and was sentenced to 22 years in prison in January.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2025
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Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2025
Rosendo Cruz Vargas, 31, pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter charge and a felony hit-and-run count, but with no plea deal in place.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025
He had originally been charged with murder for the October 2009 fatal shooting of a 23-year-old man during a sideshow in East Oakland, but pleaded no contest to the lesser charge and received a seven-year prison sentence, according to court records.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2025
The child’s father, 34-year-old Christopher McLean, pleaded no contest to a similar set of charges and was sentenced to 22 years in prison in January.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2025
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“No contest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20contest. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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