Detroit — Former Michigan State University basketball player Keith Appling on Friday tried to retract his Feb. 13 guilty plea to second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a relative, but a Wayne County Circuit judge rejected it.
Judge Michael Hathaway dismissed 31-year-old Appling's request for the dismissal of his acknowledgement of guilt nearly three weeks ago in the 2021 death of Clyde Edmonds, 66, who was the husband of Appling's mother's cousin.
The second degree murder and a felony firearm charges resulted in Hathaway sentencing Appling to 18 to 40 years in prison under a previously negotiated sentence agreement.