A Pontiac teen recently acquitted of homicide is headed to prison for related convictions of armed robbery and using a firearm to commit the crime.
Sentenced Oct. 13 by Oakland County Circuit Judge Daniel O’Brien, Christian Harris, 19, will spend 13-50 years behind bars for the 2023 armed robbery of Armani Terrell Baker, 22, of Waterford. As previously reported , a jury found Harris not guilty of first-degree homicide in the death of Baker, who was found fatally shot in the front seat of a Ford Fusion with the doors open, on Hammond Street in Pontiac.
Harris got an additional two years behind bars for felony firearm in connection with the armed robbery.
Harris was 17 years old at the time of the incident and charged as an adult . His first trial ended in a mistrial last year after t