Prosecutor Douglas Baker has told Judge David Groner that Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will plead no contest to one felony assault charge in return for dropping a second assault charge.
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The deal also calls for Kilpatrick to resign by Sept. 28 and 120 days in jail. That sentence will run at the same time as the jail time Kilpatrick agreed to in a deal he struck with Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy.
The deal is essentially the same one Cox took off the table yesterday -- Kilpatrick will plead no contest to one felony and Cox will dismiss the second felony charge he brought after Kilpatrick allegedly assaulted two deputies in July as they tried to serve a subpoena at the home of his sister, Ayanna.
"By the end of the day, one of the millstones around the neck of Michigan, southeast Michigan and the city of Detroit will be gone," he said. "Not only will it be a good day for America, it's going to be a great day for the city of Detroit and the state of Michigan."
The hold up was due to lawyers huddling around hammering out the details, Cox said, kind of like making sausage. "There is a lot of pig squealing and blood and a lot of messiness.
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