Pontiac — The trial of a 75-year-old West Bloomfield Township woman charged in the fatal shooting of her teenage grandson opened with jurors hearing dramatic descriptions of the final minutes of the victim's life from the prosecution and the terror to which he subjected his grandmother from the defense.
Sandra Layne has been jailed for nine months without bond awaiting trial in Oakland County Circuit Court on a charge of open murder in the May 2012 slaying of Jonathan Hoffman, 17, who suffered five gunshot wounds from a handgun purchased by Layne. Her attorney, Jerome Sabbota, contends Layne armed herself out of fear and the fatal shots were fired during a struggle for the gun. The struggle was recorded during a 911 call from Hoffman.
The pale, diminutive Layne bowed her head as Paul Walton, chief assistant Oakland County Prosecuting Attorney recalled Hoffman's last words for jurors.
By Mike Martindale
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