In Shamily’s latest court case, a Feb. 6 final conference hearing is scheduled before Wayne County Circuit Judge Shannon Walker.

Ash said he’s still hoping for justice, but he remains unhappy about how Giles handled his case.

“To me, it’s shocking that this judge still has a job,” Ash said.

The prosecutor’s office is appealing the ruling to dismiss the assault with intent to murder charge, arguing the judge abused his discretion, Assistant Prosecutor Maria Miller said. The motion will be argued before Judge Walker on Friday, Miller said.

Dismissals panned

Worthy has criticized other judges for dismissing cases.

In December, after Wayne Circuit Judge Cylenthia LaToye Miller dismissed felony murder and first-degree murder charges against defendant Charles Evans, Worthy said the judge should’ve recused herself. The defendant’s attorney worked for the Perkins Law Group, which represented Miller when she was charged with bringing a loaded, unregistered pistol through a security checkpoint at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport.

“Based on this obvious conflict of interest (unknown to the assistant prosecutor at the outset of the trial), Judge Miller should have recused herself from the case,” prosecutors said in a December statement. “Judge Miller dismissed the case, erroneously, citing a discovery violation … (the prosecutor’s office contends that there was no violation, and that the judge failed to follow the law.”

In 2022, Worthy told The News she was “disturbed” by unnamed judges’ bond decisions. When former Michigan State University basketball star Mateen Cleaves was charged in 2016 with sexual assault, charges for which he was acquitted, Worthy was critical of how a Genesee County district court handled the case.

Other cases dismissed by Giles in recent years include:

• In May, Giles dismissed all charges, including attempted murder, against Robert Pugh, who was accused of shooting an autistic teenager outside his house in April. The judge dismissed the charges after the defendant’s attorney said the alleged video of the shooting did not show her client. Prosecutors replied that the issue should have been discussed at trial.
• Giles in 2024 dismissed charges against graffiti artist Bryan Herrin, who was accused of spray painting the silhouette of Beavis from the TV show “Beavis and Butt-Head” throughout Detroit. The judge ruled there was not enough evidence to proceed with the case and dismissed six counts of felony malicious destruction of property, which carries a penalty of four years in prison, against the artist, who is known by the moniker BVIS.
• In 2017, following nearly three years of legal proceedings, Giles dropped charges against the “Homrich 9,” a group of activists who blocked trucks from conducting water shutoffs in Detroit. Giles said he dismissed the charges due to the lack of a speedy trial, court records show.
• Giles dropped murder charges against Deangelo Dukes, who was accused in the 2019 shooting death of a 62-year-old Arthur Boyle on Detroit’s east side due to “insufficient evidence,” court records show. After dismissing the charges of felony murder, three counts of felony firearm, one count of being a felon in possession of a weapon and one count of first-degree home invasion, Giles bound Dukes over on charges of unlawful driving away of an automobile and intent to pass false title. Dukes was given probation, which he violated in June 2019 — three months after Giles dismissed the most serious charges against him.