FLINT, MI – The case of a Flint rapper charged with 16 felonies, including two counts of first-degree premeditated murder, has been delayed for the second time in a month because he remains in federal custody in connection to an alleged murder-for-hire plot.
Clifton Eugene Terry, otherwise known as ‘Cliff Mac,’ is charged with two counts of first-degree premeditated murder; three counts of assault with intent to murder, single counts of discharging a firearm from a vehicle causing impairment, discharging a firearm from a vehicle causing injury and discharging a firearm from a vehicle causing death; and eight counts of felony firearm.
Terry, 31, was scheduled to appear before Genesee County District Court Judge David G. Guinn Friday, Sept. 30, for a preliminary examination, but the hearing was adjourned until November because Terry remains in the custody of federal authorities on unrelated charges.
A federal grand jury in August issued a superseding indictment charging Terry with conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire resulting in personal injury, murder-for-hire resulting in personal injury, and using a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
According to the indictment, Terry solicited a man to kill a Sterling Heights woman for $10,000 in cash, but the attempt was unsuccessful.
Terry had been slated to appear before Guinn on Sept. 16, as well, but that hearing was also adjourned because he was unable to appear.
“Even in state court, a defendant has a constitutional right to a speedy trial,” said Michael Ewing, the attorney Terry hired. “It’s unfortunate that the federal government, who currently has him in custody, apparently doesn’t care about his constitutional rights in state court by not bringing him back so that we can continue his state case.”
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Terry’s charges in Genesee County stem from the fatal shooting of Devaroe Davis.
The shooting occurred just after 4 p.m. Aug. 17 in the Eagle Ridge Apartment Complex, near the intersection of Selby Street and East Russell Avenue.
Terry was initially charged in district court before the charges were dismissed, and he was indicted through a one-person grand jury.
However, a Michigan Supreme Court ruling earlier this year indicated that it was unconstitutional to indict a person using a one-person grand jury. Subsequently, Terry’s charges were again dismissed before being refiled in district court.
Terry is scheduled for another preliminary examination hearing before Guinn on Friday, Nov. 4.
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