State Senator Virgil Smith tendered his letter of resignation three days after the Detroit Democrat began a 10-month jail sentence for shooting up his ex-wife’s car.
The letter of resignation, which will become official when the Senate returns to session on April 12 (2016), was one sentence long: “I resign as Senator of the 4th District.”
Smith’s resignation will become official when his letter is read into the Senate Journal in April.
Smith had been been previously stripped of his committee assignments following his arrest for the domestic violence incident but remained a member of the Senate.
Sources :
George Hunter and Louis Aguilar, “State Sen. Smith held in shooting at car”, Detroit News, May 10, 2015.
Smith resigns from Senate 3 days after going to jail“,
Emily Lawler, “Deaths, drugs and skullduggery: A brief history of Michigan political scandals“, MLive, August 21, 2015; Updated August 24, 2015.