After the beating took place, the two men took the key to the cab, threw it to the side of the road and ran away. Jiang said he wanted to follow the two men, but McLittle did not want to.

After the two men fled, Jiang said in February that McLittle found the key to the cab on the side of the road and acted nervous. When prosecuting attorney Russel Church asked Jiang in February if McLittle expressed sympathy, Jiang said he was most concerned about lost money and the possibility of losing his job.

McLittle wanted to go to an ATM to get the remainder of the taxi cab payment, something which Jiang agreed to only if they called the police first. He did withdraw around $600, but did not end up giving it to McLittle.

Police were eventually called to a Quality Dairy in downtown Lansing where Jiang spoke to police. Jiang eventually went to Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital where he said he received 14 stitches in his head.

While he did conspire for the robbery to take place, McLittle says he did not conspire for the two men to commit armed robbery, like they did. However, the way conspiracy law in Michigan works, if one conspires with people to commit a crime — even if those people go beyond what was originally planned — all parties are responsible for what ultimately happens. 

Nevertheless, McLittle's other three charges of armed robbery causing serious injury, unlawful imprisonment and conspiracy to commit armed robbery, have been dropped.

McLittle will be sentenced on June 24. The maximum potential sentence is life in prison and the minimum sentence is 120 months -- 120 months being the first time he will be eligible for parole.