Mandamus Will Not Lie to Reorder Discretionary Petition-Signature Canvassing Under MCL 168.476; QVF Comparison Controls Case: Americans for Citizen Voting v. Board of State Canvassers Court: Supreme...
People v Sanders: Confessions During Unlawful Post-Arrest Detention Are Suppressed Unless Attenuated (Overruling People v Manning) Court: Supreme Court of Michigan | Date: July 30, 2026 | Case:...
People v Haupt: An Uncounseled Suppression Hearing Can Be a “Critical Stage” Triggering Automatic Reversal Absent a Valid MCR 6.005(D) Waiver Case: People of Michigan v. Alexander James Haupt (No....
Warrant Required for Forensic DNA Testing of an Arrestee’s Effects Held in Jail Custody When Sought for an Unrelated Crime Introduction People of Michigan v. David Henry Serges (Mich Sup Ct, July 30,...
Compelled Psychological Examinations at Michigan Miller Hearings: Permissible if Defense Offers Psychological Expert Evidence, but Admissible Only in Rebuttal I. Introduction People of Michigan v....
People v Eads: Categorical Ban (and Retroactivity) of 50–75 Year Second-Degree Murder Sentences for Youthful Offenders Under Const 1963, art 1, § 16 1. Introduction People of Michigan v. James...
Mandatory Resentencing When an Inaccurate Guidelines Calculation Produces an Out-of-Range Sentence (Despite a “Same Sentence” Statement) I. Introduction Case: People of Michigan v. Evan Taylor...
NOI Tolling Applies to the Wrongful-Death Saving Period Under MCL 600.5852 (Overruling Waltz v Wyse) Introduction Estate of Maurice Ernest v. Paul W. Brown, Jr., M.D., et al. (Mich. July 29, 2026) is...
Michigan’s New Cruel-or-Unusual-Punishment Framework for Pre-Aaron Felony Murder: Burden-Shifting Review of Mandatory LWOP and Parole-Eligibility Remedy I. Introduction People of Michigan v. Edwin...
Mitigation Required, but No-Fault Fee Caps Inapplicable, in Medicare Opt-Out Allowable-Expense Tort Actions (MCL 500.3135(3)(c)) I. Introduction In CANTY v MASON (Mich Sup Ct, July 27, 2026),...
Michigan Rejects Oregon v Kennedy Under Const 1963, art 1, § 15 and Adopts Pool v Superior Court to Bar Retrial After Prosecutorial-Misconduct Mistrials Case: People of Michigan v. Devante Kyran...
Ordinance-Based Administrative Discretion Does Not Make a City Manager a “Public Body” Under Michigan’s Open Meetings Act I. Introduction Exclusive Capital Partners LLC v City of Royal Oak (Mich Sup...
Custody Orders Are Only a Starting Point for Minor-Child Domicile Under Michigan No-Fault (Overruling Grange) Case: Frownfelter v Esurance Property & Casualty Insurance Company (Docket Nos. 168356 &...
“Mere Inconvenience” Is Not Dispositive Under MCL 554.139(1)(a); Fitness Turns on Intended Use in Context (Including Elderly/Disabled Tenants) Case: Jan Bowerman v. Red Oak Management Co., Inc. and...
People v Wilkins: Automobile-Exception Probable Cause Must Target Evidence of a Crime, Not a Civil Infraction Introduction In People of Michigan v. Freddie Wilkins, III (Mich Sup Ct, July 22, 2026),...
Michigan SORA “Recapture” Registration for Nonsexual Felonies Is Cruel or Unusual Punishment (As Applied) I. Introduction People v Ellis (Mich. Sup. Ct., July 22, 2026) addresses the...
Revocable-at-Death Trust Liability to Creditors and EPIC Exemptions for 401(k) Payments and Life-Insurance Proceeds Paid to a Trustee 1. Introduction Case: In re FOWLER ESTATE / In re FOWLER TRUST...
Chimpanzees Are Not “Persons” Eligible for Michigan Habeas Corpus Under MCR 3.303 (Supreme Court Review Denied) Case: Nonhuman Rights Project Inc v. Deyoung Family Zoo LLC (SC: 169351; COA: 369247;...
Procedural Rule Clarified: Cross-Appellant Status May Be Granted Even When the Michigan Supreme Court Denies Leave to Appeal 1. Introduction Jerome Dubrulle v. Great Lakes Water Authority is one of...
Expert “Medical Torture” Diagnoses Are Inadmissible in Torture Trials When They Are Unhelpful, Unreliable, and Function as a Legal Conclusion I. Introduction In People of Michigan v. Gwendolyn...