Judge Reschedules Lawrence Boyd Fatal Shooting Hearing to March 16, 2026

Defense attorneys representing an 18-year-old defendant in the fatal shooting of Lawrence Boyd asked the court on Feb. 24, 2026, for additional time to prepare, prompting a judge to reschedule the case’s preliminary hearing to March 16, 2026. The request and the judge’s rescheduling moved the next public court event in the Boyd case out by several weeks.

The motion for a continuance was filed by the defense and heard in court on Feb. 24, 2026; following that hearing the judge set the new preliminary hearing date of March 16, 2026. The defendant remains an 18-year-old whose case centers on the fatal shooting of Lawrence Boyd, and the procedural change came at the defense’s request for more preparation time.

The preliminary hearing is the next scheduled proceeding in the case after the Feb. 24 court appearance, and it will now proceed on March 16, 2026. That date is when the court will first test the prosecution’s evidence in open court under the current schedule set by the judge following the defense’s continuance motion.

The continuance request focused on additional preparation time for the defense team, which led the judge to move the hearing to March 16, 2026. Court records show the defendants’ attorneys initiated the request on Feb. 24, 2026; the judge approved the change and reset the matter to the new date, altering the court’s immediate timeline for the Boyd case.

With the preliminary hearing rescheduled, the fatal shooting case involving Lawrence Boyd remains pending and will return to court on March 16, 2026. That hearing will be the next opportunity for both the defense and the prosecution to present witnesses and evidence before the judge determines whether the case should proceed to trial under existing Michigan procedures. The rescheduled date now anchors the case calendar until further filings or rulings change it.