Ann Arbor — Michigan defensive tackle Mazi Smith, who had faced a felony concealed weapons charge, pleaded down to a misdemeanor charge during a probable cause hearing Thursday in Washtenaw County 14A-1 court and will be sentenced under Michigan’s Holmes Youthful Trainee Act.
Smith, arrested Oct. 7 in Ann Arbor, was accompanied by lawyer John Shea at the hearing before Judge Cedric Simpson. He entered a guilty plea to the charge, as read by Simpson, of “attempted possession of a loaded firearm in or upon a motor vehicle.” That is a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in prison and a $1,000 fine, and the weapon could be subject to mandatory forfeiture.