Man imprisoned as teen for flower shop killing is released after judge throws out his conviction

By MARK VANCLEAVE and STEVE KARNOWSKI
Associated Press

BAYPORT, Minn. (AP) — A 35-year-old man who was sent to prison for the 2004 killing of a man in a Minneapolis flower shop was released after a judge ruled the eyewitness evidence on which his conviction rested was unreliable. Marvin Haynes, who was 16 at the time of the killing, was released from prison shortly after the judge’s ruling Monday. The judge agreed that admitting the shaky evidence violated his constitutional rights during his trial for the killing of 55-year-old Randy Sherer, who was shot during a robbery. Haynes told reporters his next step would visiting his mother. He said he now hopes to get a job and get his life back.