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FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2014 file photo, Theodore Wafer, of Dearborn Heights, Mich., testifies in his own defense during his second degree murder trial in Detroit. In an order released Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, the Michigan Supreme Court said it will consider whether jury instructions violated Theodore Wafer's right to a fair trial. He was convicted in 2014 of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a young woman on his porch in suburban Detroit. (AP Photo/Detroit News, Clarence Tabb Jr., File)
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Theodore Wafer listens during a motion hearing in Judge Timothy Kenny's courtroom at the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice in Detroit, Friday, April 25, 2014. Wafer has been accused of fatal shooting 19-year-old Renisha McBride on the porch of his home. Kenny removed Judge Qiana Lillard on Friday from the case of Wafer. Defense attorneys argued Lillard's previous employment with the prosecutor's office and associations with employees created an appearance of impropriety. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Eric Seals) DETROIT NEWS OUT; NO SALES
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Theodore Wafer and others listen during a motion hearing in Judge Timothy Kenny's courtroom at the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice in Detroit, Friday, April 25, 2014. Wafer has been accused of fatal shooting 19-year-old Renisha McBride on the porch of his home. Kenny removed Judge Qiana Lillard on Friday from the case of Wafer. Defense attorneys argued Lillard's previous employment with the prosecutor's office and associations with employees created an appearance of impropriety. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Eric Seals) DETROIT NEWS OUT; NO SALES
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Theodore Wafer, right, listens during a motion hearing in Judge Timothy Kenny's courtroom at the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice in Detroit, Friday, April 25, 2014. Wafer has been accused of fatal shooting 19-year-old Renisha McBride on the porch of his home. Kenny removed Judge Qiana Lillard on Friday from the case of Wafer. Defense attorneys argued Lillard's previous employment with the prosecutor's office and associations with employees created an appearance of impropriety. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Eric Seals) DETROIT NEWS OUT; NO SALES
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FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2013 file photo Theodore Wafer, left, a Detroit-area man who fatally shot an unarmed woman on his porch, listens to his attorneys during court in Dearborn Heights, Mich. A chief judge is expected to decide Friday, April 25, 2014 whether another judge should remove herself from Wafer's case. Wafer's attorneys argue that the current judge's previous employment with the prosecutor's office and associations with employees create an appearance of impropriety. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
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Theodore Wafer appears in court while Wayne County Court judge Quiana Lillard denied a motion to remove herself from a case involving Wafer of Dearborn Heights who fatally shot an unarmed woman on his porch, on Friday, April 4, 2014 in Detroit. Lillard rejected the motion filed by Wafer's attorneys, who argued that her previous employment with the prosecutor's office and associations with employees create an appearance of impropriety. Lillard was a prosecutor for more than eight years before Gov. Rick Snyder appointed her to the bench last August. Wafer is charged with second-degree murder after shooting Renisha McBride, 19, at his Dearborn Heights home. He said he believed McBride wanted to break in. Prosecutors say Wafer should have kept the door shut and called police instead of shooting. McBride was drunk and in a car crash three hours earlier. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Regina H. Boone) DETROIT NEWS OUT; NO SALES
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Theodore Wafer appears in court while Wayne County Court judge Quiana Lillard denied a motion to remove herself from a case involving Wafer of Dearborn Heights who fatally shot an unarmed woman on his porch, on Friday, April 4, 2014 in Detroit. Lillard rejected the motion filed by Wafer's attorneys, who argued that her previous employment with the prosecutor's office and associations with employees create an appearance of impropriety. Lillard was a prosecutor for more than eight years before Gov. Rick Snyder appointed her to the bench last August. Wafer is charged with second-degree murder after shooting Renisha McBride, 19, at his Dearborn Heights home. He said he believed McBride wanted to break in. Prosecutors say Wafer should have kept the door shut and called police instead of shooting. McBride was drunk and in a car crash three hours earlier. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Regina H. Boone) DETROIT NEWS OUT; NO SALES
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A Wayne County Court judge Quiana Lillard denied a motion to remove herself from a case involving Theodore Wafer of Dearborn Heights who fatally shot an unarmed woman on his porch, on Friday, April 4, 2014 in Detroit. Lillard rejected the motion filed by Wafer's attorneys, who argued that her previous employment with the prosecutor's office and associations with employees create an appearance of impropriety. Lillard was a prosecutor for more than eight years before Gov. Rick Snyder appointed her to the bench last August. Wafer is charged with second-degree murder after shooting Renisha McBride, 19, at his Dearborn Heights home. He said he believed McBride wanted to break in. Prosecutors say Wafer should have kept the door shut and called police instead of shooting. McBride was drunk and in a car crash three hours earlier. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Regina H. Boone) DETROIT NEWS OUT; NO SALES
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FILE - In a Dec. 18, 2013 file photo, Theodore Wafer, left, listens to his attorneys while appearing at his preliminary examination in district court in in Dearborn Heights, Mich. The 55-year-old awaits trial on second-degree murder charges for fatally shooting a young, unarmed woman through the screen door on his front porch. His lawyers are seeking to have the Wayne County Circuit Court trial judge take herself off the case because of her ties to prosecutors. A hearing is scheduled Friday, April 4, 2014. Defense attorneys say he feared for his life, but prosecutors say the shooting of Renisha McBride, 19, was not justified. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
