A Pontiac man with a history of felony convictions was handed a few more Tuesday at the conclusion of a jury trial in Oakland County Circuit Court.
Malcolm Robert Boykin, 56, was found guilty of second-degree murder for the fatal shooting of Charlie Isaac Odneal II, who died March 6, 2024 in an area hospital the day after he was gunned down outside the Night Riders Motorcycle Club in Pontiac. Boykin and Odneal were reportedly acquaintances.
The jury also returned with a guilty verdict for the other crimes Boykin was charged with — assault with intent to murder, felon in possession of a firearm, carrying a concealed weapon and multiple counts of using a firearm in the commission of a felony.
Trial got underway on March 24, with Judge Mary Ellen Brennan presiding.
Boykin is scheduled to be sentenced on May 14.
Second-degree murder carries a penalty of up to life in prison, but, unlike a first-degree homicide conviction, has the possibility of parole.
Besides his most recent convictions, Boykin’s criminal history includes drug possession, car theft, weapons-related crimes and armed robbery. He was discharged from his most recent stay in prison in November 2022 — about 16 months before he killed Odneal.
As stated in his obituary, Odneal was known to many as “Isaac,” and was employed as a production worker with Bridgewater Interiors. He was the father of five.
In 2019, another homicide happened at the Night Riders Motorcycle Club when Mecca Ramsey was shot to death inside the club’s bathroom; a second man was also shot and survived. Gregory Kincade was convicted of second-degree murder, assault with intent to murder and several weapons-related crimes. He, too, had a criminal history prior to the shooting and spent nearly two decades in prison before the 2019 shootings. Kincade, 47, is serving a 45 to 80-year sentence at the Muskegon Correctional Facility. His earliest release date is April 25, 2069.
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