Michigan Supreme Court upholds convictions in assault case

LANSING

The Michigan Supreme Court upheld the convictions of Benjamin McKewen for assaulting a victim with a knife, announced Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Dec.

16. McKewen was convicted by an Isabella County jury in 2017 of one count of Assault with Intent to do Great Bodily Harm (AWIGBH) and one count of Felonious Assault. He was sentenced to concurrent terms of 5 to 10 years’ incarcera…