Donna Turner
Courtesy of the WCSO
The 47-year-old woman accused of fatally stabbing her boyfriend following an argument at an Ypsilanti apartment will head to trial in October.
Donna Turner appeared briefly Thursday in the Washtenaw County Trial Court with her court-appointed attorney, Erane Washington.
Washington asked for and was granted a jury trial after a lengthy bench conference with Judge David Swartz and Assistant Prosecutor Blake Hatlem.
Swartz set a jury trial date for Oct. 7 and an Aug. 22 final pretrial date.
Turner is charged with one count of open murder in the death of Keith Walton on Dec. 4 at her apartment in the 400 block of South Huron Street. The 45-year-old man was reportedly leaving the apartment after arguing with Turner when she stabbed him once in the abdomen with a large kitchen knife, police said. The stab severed Walton’s femoral artery and he died at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital.
Turner is held in the Washtenaw County Jail without bond. She faces a maximum of life in prison if she’s convicted.
John Counts covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at johncounts@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.