PONTIAC, Mich. — A lawyer was convicted Friday of killing his pregnant wife in a scheme that prosecutors said he concocted to further his affair with a judge.
Michael Fletcher, 30, faces up to life in prison for the Aug. 16 shooting death of 29-year-old Leann Fletcher at their home in the Detroit suburb of Hazel Park.
Prosecutors said he staged the shooting to look like suicide or an accident; he contends that he was in the bathroom when his wife was killed in the bedroom and that he played no role.
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Fletcher had been charged with first-degree murder, but after 22 hours of deliberations, jurors found him guilty of second-degree murder. A first-degree murder conviction would have meant life in prison with no parole.