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Christopher Tillison
Courtesy of the state of Michigan
A 26-year-old Ypsilanti man will spend up to 20 years in prison for shooting a man in the knee during a robbery.
Christopher Tillison was sentenced Tuesday to 14-20 years in prison by Judge Donald Shelton in the Washtenaw County Trial Court: 12-20 years for two counts of armed robbery and two years for one count of felony firearm.
Tillison pleaded guilty to the three counts July 17. A count of assault with intent to murder, armed robbery, first-degree home invasion and felon in possession of a firearm were dismissed, as was a habitual offender status, in the plea bargain.
Two counts of witness intimidation that were brought in May were dismissed 20 days later, court records indicate.
Tillison was on parole when police said he shot a man in the knee during a robbery on July 10, 2012 in the 300 block of Bedford Drive, a street in the Huron Ridge apartments of Ypsilanti Township.
A second person was said to be involved in the incident, but no one else was ever arrested or charged in the incident.
He has seven previous felony convictions, according to state records. Charges of assaulting, resisting or obstructing a police officer; possession of less than 25 grams of cocaine; receiving and concealing stolen property between $1,000 and $20,000 and two charges of second-degree home invasion stem from a March 19, 2009, incident, records show.
John Counts covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at johncounts@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.
