Joshua Smith was fourteen when he fatally shot his mother in Michigan. According to court documents the teen killer would fatally shoot his mother who was sleeping at the time. The teen killer would be tried as an adult and would plead guilty to the murder and would be sentenced to twenty five to fifty years in prison
Joshua Smith 2023 Information
MDOC Number:853857
SID Number:4396436T
Name:JOSHUA SMITH
Racial Identification:Black
Gender:MaleHair:Black
Eyes:Brown
Height:5′ 7″Weight:200 lbs.
Date of Birth:10/29/1997 (22)
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The Detroit teen who pleaded guilty to murdering his mother as she slept last February has been sentenced to 25 to 50 years in prison.
Joshua Smith, 14, was tried as an adult in the death of his mother, 36-year-old Tamika Andrea Robinson.
Friday, his grandmother, Annie McKenzie, asked the court for leniency.
“I lost a daughter — now I’m losing a grandson as well,” McKenzie said, through tears. “I would like to ask the court to have mercy on him. He was a good boy, I don’t know what happened that night … That was not the Joshua that I know and love.”
McKenzie said she wants her grandson to know she still loves him, supports him and has forgiven him.
Joshua told police he was tired of being called names. His uncle said Joshua was a good kid who just wanted to hang out and have fun with friends and was tired of helping to care for his mother who was ill.
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Chilling testimony filled the courtroom Thursday from the fiancé of a Detroit woman who was allegedly shot and killed by her 14-year-old son.
Tamiko Robinson was killed Feb. 27 in her home on Burns Street. Her son, Joshua Smith, has been charged as an adult with first-degree murder and felony firearm.
Robinson’s fiance, Chika Lewis, said he was sleeping in a back bedroom at about 3 a.m. when he heard several gunshots. He said he saw Smith holding a shotgun and that Robinson was “gasping for breaths.”
He also testified that Smith pointed the gun at him and that he slipped when he stepped back, noticing it was from all the blood on the floor.
Lewis said he grabbed his 5-year-old daughter, broke out a kitchen window and ran for help to a neighbor’s house.
Police say Smith then got into his mother’s car and drove off. He was found a short time later and arrested.
Detroit Detective Johnell White read a statement from Smith in court. In it, Smith said he shot his mother because she called him fat and he wasn’t going to amount to much and “he was tired of it.”
“I shot her (my mother) as she was laying on the couch. She jumped up and said, ‘Ouch, Ouch.’ Then, I shot her again,” said White, quoting Smith.
White also testified that Smith said he didn’t intend to kill his mother and that he didn’t shoot at Lewis because he was holding his 5-year-old sister.
Smith was bound over for trial.
His circuit court arraignment is set for March 15.
He faces life without parole.
Outside court, the teen’s uncle, LeShawn Roberts, said he still considered the teen family.
“I want him to see this, I hope he sees this. I still love you,” he said.
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Joshua Smith is incarcerated in the Michigan Department of Corrections
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Joshua Smith is not eligible for release until 2037
