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By Liz Shepard James Grissom spends his days washing dishes and keeping to | Times Herald himself. Most Viewed FILED UNDER The 54-year-old former Port Huron resident said he doesn’t talk to

News many people outside prison walls, aside from his appellate lawyer. Local News Mike Wendling “It’s just hard,” Grissom said by phone Tuesday from the G. Robert Daniel Kelly Cotton Correctional Facility in Jackson. “Got to deal with a lot of craziness.”

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Grissom was convicted of raping a woman in her van in the Fort Gratiot Meijer parking lot in 2003, a charge he says is false.

Arthur J towed to Port Huron While he maintains his innocence, Grissom’s case is getting Jul. 30, 2012 attention by the justice system.

PHOTO GALLERIES St. Clair County Prosecutor Mike Wendling filed a motion Wednesday with Chief Circuit Judge Daniel Kelly asking for the case to be reviewed in response to an opinion sent down by the state Supreme Court July 31. Rockin the Rivers Freighter Buffalo grounded Supreme Court justices said the trial court needs to review the case to determine if evidence discovered after the 2003 conviction would have affected the verdict. ZOOM

Sara Ylen The Times Herald normally does not identify victims of sexual assault. Sara Ylen was Timeline of events identified as the victim in Grissom’s case in a

May 12, 2001: Sara Ylen tells her series of articles after approaching the husband upon returning home Meijer in newspaper to share her story in 2003. Fort Gratiot she was attacked. She does not tell him she was raped. More Wendling said his office discovered after the trial Ylen has made other sexual assault allegations in the months following when she said she was attacked but before she reported the attack to police.

Ylen told investigators she was attacked May 12, 2001. She didn’t report the rape until June 2002. ADVERTISEMENT Wendling said his office turned the evidence over to the defense counsel when it was discovered. ADS BY PULSE 360 AdChoices 1 Shocking Tip To Kill Belly Fat Grissom believes if the evidence had been presented before his Celebrity Doctor Uncovers 1 Simple Trick To A Flat trial he wouldn’t be in prison. Stomach. Read More...

“All this evidence states she’s a habitual liar and she’s tried this on New Policy in Michigan other guys before,” he said. Drivers with no DUI's can get auto insurance for only $9/wk. www.insurance-compare-save.com Ylen could not be reached for comment Wednesday. Detroit Arrest Records Who do you know in Detroit that's been arrested? You? Wendling’s motion requests the evidence be reviewed by retired Your friends? Circuit Judge Peter Deegan. The Supreme Court opinion states the InstantCheckmate.com presiding judge would be best able to determine if the evidence would affect the end result, having heard all the evidence during the trial.

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