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Raymond Gray Enters No Contest Plea to Second Degree Murder
Mr. Gray entered a no contest plea to Second-Degree Murder with a sentence agreement of 25 to 40 years, with credit for time served of 48.2 years in the Michigan Department of Corrections. Mr. Gray is expected to be released today from the Muskegon Correctional Facility at 1:00 p.m. A no contest plea means that the defendant is not admitting guilt but will not contest the charge of the crime. He receives a conviction and accepts punishment from the judge in the case. A no contest plea cannot be used as an admission of liability in a civil case.
"Given the passage of time, the ensuing inability to substantiate the claim of innocence, eyewitness Marie Clark's trial identification testimony and her recent interview identifying Ray Gray as one of the two robbers, this is not an exoneration. However, this case does present many questions that cannot be answered," said Prosecutor Worthy. "Looking at the time Mr. Gray has been incarcerated, we agreed to allow Mr. Gray to enter a no contest plea to Second-Degree Murder with a sentence agreement to time served. We wish him well."
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