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ALPENA -- Noah Adkins, an 18-year-old man accused of attempting to kidnap a young girl, on Monday requested a Cobbs Evaluation before taking a potential plea agreement in Alpena 26th Circuit Court.
A Cobbs Evaluation is a procedure that allows a defendant to have a chance to see what their sentence would be if they plead guilty to certain charges.
"We're saying in the court, if Mr. Adkins is to plead guilty for this plea agreement, we want to know ahead of time what that sentence would be," Adkins's attorney, Chief Deputy Public Defender Julie Miller, said in an interview. "It's a cost evaluation."
Adkins appeared in court Monday via Zoom.
Adkins currently faces one count of kidnapping-child enticement, one count of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder, and one count of assault or assault and battery. The potential plea Adkins is having evaluated would see him plead guilty to the first two counts and have the last one dismissed.
The Cobbs Evaluation is expected to take between four to six weeks to complete.
Adkins was arrested on May 10 after allegedly trying to kidnap and beat an eight-year-old girl in Alpena Township.
In a Michigan State Police press release, Adkins is reported to have approached the girl in her backyard and attempted to incapacitate her by covering her mouth. The alleged victim managed to escape Adkins and her 13-year-old brother, who saw the alleged attempted kidnapping, shot Adkins with a slingshot in his head and chest, police and the girl's family said.
Adkins then fled the scene but was identified by the wounds on his head and chest and taken in by police later that day, police said.
While in custody, police said, he confessed that he planned to severely beat the alleged victim.
Adkins was originally arraigned in Alpena's 88th District Court in late May, but he was moved to Juvenile Court because he was 17 at that time. On Aug. 17, his case was waived over to circuit court.