A retired judge accused of stealing from a client of his Detroit-area law practice has been sentenced to six months in jail.

Seventy-five-year-old William Cannon also has to pay nearly $75,000 in restitution and serve five years of probation.

Cannon pleaded no contest to a charge of embezzlement in September and was sentenced Tuesday. A no-contest plea isn't an admission of guilt but is treated as one at sentencing.

Cannon retired from the 41-B District Court in Macomb County's Clinton Township in 2005 after nearly three decades on the bench.

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He's accused of stealing from a Clinton Township man while serving as his estate custodian.

The state attorney general's office says Cannon also may be punished by the Michigan Attorney Discipline Board, which could include loss of his law license.