Dwight Bernard McKinney pleaded guilty, July McKinney is one of four Muskegon men charged with CSC in connection to the case that was investigated by a multi-jurisdictional task force including the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI during the summer of The victim was an year-old Oceana County girl.
Nolan said his client, who is learning disabled, was misled by one of the co-defendants in the case β Jermaine Lamar Chapman, Nolan said Chapman lied to McKinney about his age, claiming he was only 18 years old.
McKinney was 17 at the time of the offense. This girl comes crawling out of the trailer window and gets into the car and gets naked. And he reacted by having sex with this girl. He was with this older guy who had duped him. He wound up in this situation, and his life was turned upside down. He was the star linebacker for Muskegon High School, and they were fighting for the state championship.
He was going to be one of their leading players, and he lost his opportunity to play football. His whole world came apart, and he went into a really deep depression. McKinney initially faced three counts of first-degree CSC, which were dismissed in a plea agreement. The maximum penalty for third-degree CSC is 15 years in prison, and the maximum term for first-degree CSC is life in prison. Had McKinney been convicted of first-degree CSC, he would have been sentenced to a year mandatory minimum jail term.
Sentencing guidelines in the case are months, said Judge Springstead. McKinney received credit for 86 days served in jail. He must register as a sex offender.
