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Anyone in Michigan charged with a felony offense punishable by more than one year of incarceration has a right to a preliminary exam in Michigan. At the preliminary exam, the prosecutor must present evidence that there is probable cause to believe that a felony has...
On March 22nd, 2018, the Court of Appeals released their decision in People v Pennington, __ Mich App __; __ NW2d __ (2018)(Docket No. 323231) holding that a Wayne County judge improperly sentenced the defendant to the top of the sentence guidelines on the basis of a...
The spousal privilege is a rule of evidence where the "holder" spouse of the privilege may refuse to reveal confidential communications with the other spouse during the marriage as a witness in court. The idea is to prevent marital discord in forcing one spouse to...
Michigan's statute of limitations are time limits imposed on prosecutors in which they must file charges accusing someone of a crime within a certain amount of time. The idea is to protect defendants because witnesses will forget or die and evidence will go missing as...