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And I was just thinking that if his trial is scheduled after, I suppose he’ll still plead the fifth.” “He can answer questions that are not covered by the Fifth Amendment,” Smith said in court. Smith predicted that Ethan would almost surely raise Fifth Amendment defenses if called to the stand. Juliana, 14, Tate Myre, 16, Madisyn Baldwin, 17 and Justin Shilling, 17. Though the parents have waived conflict of interest rules which generally forbid attorneys from the same firm from representing different defendants in the same criminal prosecution, a judge ordered separate counsel to join the case to avoid the possibility of an ethics issue at some point down the road.Įthan Crumbley is charged with first-degree murder over the shooting deaths of Hana St. Both of those attorneys practice law at the same law firm. “Selfishly, we have to protect their rights.”Ĭrumbley’s parents are represented by Smith and Mariell Lehman. “When the prosecution criticizes the defense of being selfish, we are going to be selfish all day,” she continued.

“This is about our clients defending the case.” “This is not about the defendants wanting to throw their son under the bus, or making him look bad,” Smith added. In an exchange described as “heated” in local news reports, Smith countered yet again. Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald scoffed at the suggestion that the parents could “somehow highlight role” in the events that led up the shooting to somehow help their own case. “We need him to testify to information not related to his actual shootings, but related to extraneous matters that are important in the case.” “We’re going to call him,” attorney Shannon Smith said in court, according to multiple local and national news reports. (Image of Jennifer and James via WJBK-TV/YouTube image of Ethan via mugshot.)Īttorneys for the parents of Ethan Crumbley on Monday said they wish to call the alleged Oxford, Michigan high school mass murderer to testify at their upcoming involuntary manslaughter trial. Jennifer Crumbley, Ethan Crumbley, and James Crumbley.