Elements of the Crime: Refusing a Chemical Test for OWI
If you have been arrested for OWI, there may be additional sanctions from the Michigan Secretary of State if you refused to take a...
Elements of the Crime: Possession with Intent to Deliver
Both possession and intent to deliver may be proved by circumstantial evidence and reasonable inferences drawn therefrom. People v....
Court Rules Traffic Stop Permissible
People v Joe, COA No. 323515 Issues: Search & seizure; Motion to suppress cocaine evidence; Alleged illegal seizure in violation of the...
Statutory Violation Not Enough to Suppress Evidence in OWI Case
People v. Zablocki, COA 328152 Issues: Suppression of the defendant’s blood test results in connection with charges of operating a motor...
Prosecution Fails to Timely Notify Defendant of Habitual Offender Charge
People v Muhammad, COA No. 317054 Issues: The habitual offender notice; The prosecution’s failure to timely notify the defendant of its...
Court Upholds Police Traffic Stop
People v Simmons, COA No. 320216 (unpublished) Issues: Search & seizure; Motion to suppress evidence; Whether the police had a...
MI Supreme Court finds Defendant's Interrogation was Irrelevant; Grants Defendant New Trial.
People v. Tomasik, SC Docket No. 149372 On order of the Court, leave to appeal having been granted and the briefs and oral arguments of...
In 1956, US Courts Affirmed that Segregated Buses Violated Equal Protection Clause of Constitution
From Browder v. Gayle, 142 F. Supp. 707, 710, 1956 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4194, *1 (D. Ala. 1956): Procedural Posture Plaintiffs, four black...
Elements of the Crime : Entrapment Defense
A recent Court of Appeals decision succinctly explained the defense of entrapment as follows: “Entrapment is a criminal defense, and the...
Court Rules Defendants Not Entrapped When They Were Already in Violation of the MMMA
People v. Carruthers In this medical marijuana action, the trial court’s erroneous ruling, which dismissed this case against defendants...
