6/26/14 - More than a year after being sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison, an appeal has been rejected for the man convicted in a Livingston County double-homicide. The Michigan Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of 67-year-old Jerome Kowalski. In an order released Wednesday, the justices said they were ânot persuadedâ to review the case. Kowalski was convicted in January of 2013 on two counts of first-degree premeditated murder and two felony weapons charges for the shooting deaths of Richard and Brenda Kowalski in their Oceola Township home in 2008. Prosecutors said the Warren man was disgruntled about his relationship with his more successful brother and the two had disagreed about how to handle the estate of their mother. Kowalskiâs attorneys claimed his confession was made under duress and that a ruling that barred expert testimony about false confessions was incorrectly made. (JK)
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