John McBain
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Legal education and experience
Judge John G. McBain graduated from Michigan State University in 1982. He went on to attend Thomas M. Cooley law school, where he graduated with his Juris Doctor in 1987. Judge McBain was admitted to the Florida bar in 1988 and worked as an Assistant State Attorney for the State of Florida from 1988 until 1993. In 1993, Judge McBain returned to the State of Michigan, where he was admitted to the Michigan Bar and served as the Chief Assistant Prosecutor for Jackson County. Judge McBain left the prosecutors office for about two years for private practice. While in private practice he handled criminal, civil and family law matters. Judge McBain returned to the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office when he was elected as the Prosecuting Attorney for Jackson County in 1996. Judge McBain served as the Prosecuting Attorney for Jackson County until he was elected to the Circuit Court bench in November of 2002. In 2007, Judge McBain was appointed Chief Judge pro-tempore in Jackson County Circuit Court.[1]
Judge rejects father's no-contest plea in baby assault case
Due to the gruesome nature of the case, Judge John McBain did not accept a no contest plea from a man accused of beating and sexually assaulting his then three month old girl. As a result of her massive injuries, his daughter was placed on life support at the University of Michigan Hospital. "He is either going to trial on Monday or he is going to plead guilty," McBain said of Kirk Coleman. According to Michigan Live, "McBain refused to drop first-degree criminal sexual conduct for attempted criminal sexual conduct," and the judge asked, "How am I going to establish he knowingly and intentionally attempted criminal sexual conduct?"[2]
Judge gives sentence to look at photo of woman killed
Judge McBain sentenced David Smith, convicted of killing a woman while driving drunk, to 10 to 22 years. "You actually accelerated once you saw her car enter the intersection... You were out there playing chicken."[3]
See also
External links
- Child Abuser Gets Maximum Sentence
- Judge rejects father's no-contest plea in baby assault case
- Michigan Adoption Day helps local family make it official
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