Resentencing is scheduled for this Thursday in Oakland County Circuit Court for a man convicted of killing another in 1995 when he was 18 years old.

Lamont Heard, 47, has been incarcerated since 1999 for the fatal shooting of Lonnie Adams in Pontiac. He was tried and convicted for first-degree premeditated murder, conspiracy to commit murder and two counts of felony firearms, then sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Michigan is among the states that extend opportunities for resentencing hearings to those serving life sentences for crimes they committed when they were 18 years old — just as such hearings are required for those who were sentenced to life in prison for crimes committed when they were younger than 18.

The state’s Court of Appeals remanded Heard’s case back to Oakland County Circuit Court last February, citing a 2022 Michigan law that states mandatory life without parole sentences are unconstitutional for someone who was 18 years old when the crime was committed.

The Michigan law expands the same protection given to offenders who were 17 and under at the time of the crime, due to U.S. Supreme Court rulings of 2012 and 2016.

According to court records, Adams was shot to death following a dice game with Heard and a few others.

Witness testimony stated Heard was a member of the street gang, Project Posse.

Adams was a Ypsilanti resident who was reportedly in Pontiac visiting family members at the time of the slaying.

During his time in prison, Heard has unsuccessfully appealed his conviction.

A few years prior to the 2022 Michigan law that now gives him a chance at parole, the COA denied an appeal for resentencing.

Adams’ daughter, Kenya Campbell, told The Oakland Press that she wants the life sentence to remain intact — or something close to it. Heard, she said is “not a good candidate to be released” and claims that he’s been less than an ideal inmate during his time in prison. Losing her father to murder was “extremely devastating,” Campbell said. “I loved my dad…it’s been a nightmare. (Adams) doesn’t stand a chance of ever being rehabilitated — he chased my father down and shot him in the back.No amount of time can suffice for the pain I’ve had to deal with.”

Heard will be resentenced by Judge Jeffery Matis.