Former Michigan football head coach Sherrone Moore appears to have gotten some good news on Friday, as an evidentiary hearing surrounding the aftermath of his ousting took place in a Washtenaw County Court.
Per reports from the Detroit Free Press’ Tony Garcia and ESPN’s Dan Wetzel, Moore and the prosecutor’s office reached a plea deal, where the felony home invasion, stalking, and breaking and entering charges have been dropped. He pleaded no contest to two charges of trespassing and malicious use of a telecommunications device, per Garcia.
As part of a plea deal reached Friday, former Michigan coach Sherrone Moore has pleaded no contest on two new misdemeanors charges – malicious use of a telecommunication device in a domestic relationship and trespassing for an incident in early December involving a former staff member.
In exchange, prosecutors are dropping three previous charges – felony home invasion and misdemeanor counts of stalking and breaking and entering.
Moore had faced up to five years in prison as well as fines had he been convicted of the aforementioned charges. It had appeared that he was in dire straits, with his original lawyer leaving the case and with the subsequent hire of a new one. However, recent hearings had implicated that the prosecution had not followed full due process in the gathering of evidence, which cast some doubt on the ability to fully convict him.
The former Wolverines head coach appeared in court on Friday with both his lawyer and his wife, Kelli.
This article originally appeared on Wolverines Wire: Sherrone Moore’s felony charges dropped after plea
Reporting by Isaiah Hole, Wolverines Wire / Wolverines Wire
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