Proposed & Recently Adopted Orders on Admin Matters

​Chapter 6  Criminal Procedure

2013-18 - Proposed Videoconferencing Rules 

 Comments:

• Roger D. Thome, Court Reporter (05/09/13)

2011-19 - pROPOSAL WOULD ELIMINATE WITHDRAWAL OF PLEA BY DEFENDANT IF DEFENDANT AND PROSECUTOR AGREE THAT PROSECUTOR WILL RECOMMEND A PARTICULAR SENTENCE, BUT THE COURT CHOOSES TO IMPOSE A SENTENCE GREATER THAN THE RECOMMENDATION; ALSO, THE PROPOSAL WOULD CLARIFY THAT A DEFENDANT'S MISCONDUCT COMMITTED BETWEEN PLEA ACCEPTANCE AND DEFENDANT'S SENTENCING MAY RESULT IN FORFEITURE OF DEFENDANT'S RIGHT TO WITHDRAW PLEA IN EITHER A cOBBS OR kILLEBREW cASE 

Comments:

• Timothy A. Baughman, Chief of Research, Training, and Appeals, Wayne County Prosecutor (01/16/13)
• Susan Rock, Attorney at Law (02/18/13)
• Robert S. Whims, Smith & Johnson, Attorneys, P.C. (02/18/13)
• John M. English, Kronzek & Cronkright, PLLC (02/18/13)
• Joanne Vallarelli Adam, Attorney at Law (02/18/13)
• Stuart G. Friedman, Attorney at Law (02/18/13)
• Dawn Van Hoek, Director, and Anne Yantus, Managing Attorney, State Appellate Defender Office (02/26/13)
• John A. Shea, Co-Chair, Rules and Laws Committee, Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan (02/27/13)
• Sheila Robertson Deming, of Counsel, Deming & Maurer, PLLC (02/28/13)
• Janet K. Welch, Executive Director, State Bar of Michigan, Board of Commissioners (03/01/13)
• John F. Royal, Julie Hurwitz, Elizabeth Cabot, Shaun Godwin, Desiree Ferguson, Officers, on behalf of the Michigan/Detroit, Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild (03/01/13)
• Susan Reed, President, Wayne County Criminal Defense Bar Association (03/01/13)
• Charles Marr, Secretary of the Criminal Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan (03/19/13)

2011-28 - Various Rule Amendments to Reflect Changes to Correct minor Technical errors that have occurred in drafting and to correct cross references

• The Honorable Timothy Hicks, President, Michigan Judges Association (09/18/12)
• Janet K. Welch, Executive Director, State Bar of Michigan, Executive Committee (09/26/12)
• Lawrence Evans, Central Michigan Correctional Facility (09/26/12)

• Janet K. Welch, Executive Director, State Bar of Michigan, Board of Commissioners (08/14/12)
• The Honorable David A. Hogg, 84th District Court (06/21/12)
• Dawn Van Hoek, Director, State Appellate Defender Office (08/23/12)
• Timothy A. Baughman, Chief of Research, Training, and Appeals, Office of the Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney (09/12/12)
• The Honorable Timothy Hicks, President, Michigan Judges Association (09/17/12)
• Timothy A. Baughman, Chief of Research, Training, and Appeals, Office of the Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney (supplemental comment) (02/21/13)

2006-47 - Rule Revisions regarding Access to Court Records (On April 4, 2012, the Court entered an order Extending the comment Period deadline for these proposed amendments, except MCR 1.109, from April 1, 2012 to September 1, 2012)

• Rebekah Mason Visconti, Office of Legal Services Director, Department of Human Services (02/08/12)
• The Honorable Susan M. Moiseev, the Honorable Shelia R. Johnson, and the Honorable Bill Richards, 46th District Court (03/22/12)
• The Honorable Kirk Tabbey, 14A District Court (03/22/12)
• Dave Walsh, President, Southeast Michigan Court Administration Association (03/26/12)
• The Honorable Timothy G. Hicks, President, Michigan Judges Association (03/26/12)
• Dawn Van Hoek, Director, State Appellate Defender Officer (03/28/12)
• Legal Aid Attorneys (03/29/12)
• The Honorable Milton Mack, Jr. (03/29/12)
• Janet K. Welch, Executive Director, Executive Committee, State Bar of Michigan (03/29/12)
• Rebecca A. Schnelz, Probate Court Administrator, and Jill Koney Daly, Probate Register, Oakland  County Probate Court (03/30/12)
• Liisa R. Speaker, Chair, Appellate Practice Section (04/01/12)
• Patrick M. Clawson (04/02/12)
• Jeff Kirkpatrick, Director Legislative Affairs (for Michigan Court Officers, Deputy Sheriffs and Process Servers' Association) (04/02/12)
• Tabitha Wedge, MCAA President (for Michigan Court Administration Association) (04/02/12)
• The Honorable Timothy Hicks, President, Michigan Judges Association (04/23/12)
• Herschel P. Fink on behalf of the Detroit Free Press (09/04/12)
• James E. Stewart on behalf of The Detroit News (09/04/12)
• Patrick M. Clawson (09/04/12)
• John J. Ronayne, III, Counsel, Michigan Association of Broadcasters (09/04/12)
• The Honorable Timothy Hicks, President, Michigan Judges Association (09/17/12)

2010-14 - Proposed New rule would create a "notice and Demand" provision to allow forensic reports to be admitted into evidence without the forensic analyst's presence if defendant does not object

• Sheldon G. Larky, Mediator and Arbitrator (07/11/11)
• John M. Collins, Director, Forensic Science Division, Michigan State Police (10/11/11)
• J. Kevin McKay, Court Administrator, 63rd District Court (10/12/11)
• Dawn Van Hoek, Director, State Appellate Defender Office (10/28/11)
• Michael J. Nichols, Attorney, The Nichols Law Firm, PLLC (10/31/11)
• John A. Shea, Co-Chair, Rules and Laws Committee, Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan (11/01/11)
• Janet K. Welch, Executive Director, State Bar of Michigan, Executive Committee (11/03/11)
• Larry Burdick, President, Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan (11/07/11)
• The Honorable Annette J. Berry, President, Michigan Judges Association (11/08/11)

2010-16 - Proposed Alternative amendments regarding noncitizen defendants with pleas of guilty and nolo contendere (padilla v Kentucky)

• The Honorable David A. Hogg, Chief Judge, 84th District Court (07/02/10)
• Timothy A. Baughman, Chief of Research, Training, and Appeals, Office of the Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney (09/15/10)
• J. Kevin McKay, Vice President and President Elect, Michigan Association of District Court Magistrates (09/28/10)
• Jim Neuhard, Director, State Appellate Defender Office (09/30/10)
• Aaron W. Todd, Chief Counsel, Department of Homeland Security - Immigration and Customs Enforcement (09/21/10)
• Margaret Sind Raben, Rules and Laws Committee, Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan (09/30/10)
• Cynthia M. Nunez, Walker and Associates of Michigan, PC (09/30/10)
• John Hammond (10/03/10)
• John F. Royal, President, Julie Hurwitz, Vice President, Cynthia Heenan, Treasurer, Elisa Gomez, Secretary, and Desiree Ferguson, Chairperson, Michigan/Detroit NLG Committee on the Michigan Court Rules (10/01/10)
• Richard Hammer, Chairperson, Rules Committee, Michigan District Judges Association (09/30/10)
• The Honorable David Hoort and Gretchen Schlaff, Co-Chairs, State Bar of Michigan, Criminal Jurisprudence and Practice Committee (10/07/10)
• Frank D. Eaman and Martin P. Krohner, Co-Chairs, Criminal Issues Initiative, State Bar of Michigan (10/07/10)
• The Honorable James Alexander, President, Michigan Judges Association (10/25/10)
• The Honorable Michael Warren, Chief Judge, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court (11/02/10)