• Local Ordinances in Michigan, from Municode.com,
• Michigan Compiled Laws, from Michiganlegislature.org,
• United States Code, from Legal Information Institute, Cornell University.

Summaries are prepared for all published criminal decisions by the Michigan Supreme Court, Michigan Court of Appeals and United States Supreme Court. Summaries are prepared for selected unpublished criminal decisions by the Michigan Court of Appeals, United States District Courts and United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. All summaries are prepared by the State Appellate Defender Office.

Michigan Summaries

• Summaries of Michigan Supreme Court Decisions

  March, 2009	People v Ratliff	[upward departure reversed]
  December, 2007	People v Stamper	[dying declaration]

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• Summaries of Michigan Supreme Court Grants of Leave
  
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  November, 2007	People v Taylor	[confrontation]
  May, 2007	People v Piscopo	[rape shield]
  May, 2007	People v Cannon	[guidelines]
  December, 2006	People v Muprhy	[absence of counsel]
  December, 2006	People v Gillam	[warrant requirements]
  November, 2006	People v Harper	[Blakely]
  November, 2006	People v Burns	[Blakely]
  September, 2006	In re Forfeiture of $180,979	[absence of counsel]
  July, 2006	In re Forfeiture of $180,979	[forfeiture]
  July, 2006	People v Johnston	[guidelines]
  July, 2006	People v Thompson	[maintaining drug vehicle]
  July, 2006	People v Wright	[maintaining drug vehicle]
  May, 2006	People v Smith	[double jeopardy]
  March, 2006	People v Nyx	[judge finder of fact]
  March, 2006	People v Apgar	[instructions]
  October, 2005	People v Kurts	[controlled substances]
  October, 2005	People v Derror	[controlled substances]
  October, 2005	People v Anstey	[blood samples]
  May, 2005	People v Mileski	[excited utterance]
  May, 2005	People v Walker	[excited utterance]
  May, 2005	People v Robinson	[sufficiency]
  March, 2005	People v Jackson	[excited utterances]
  March, 2005	People v Drohan	[Blakely]
  January, 2005	People v Gillis	[felony murder]
  November, 2004	People v Large	[OUIL]
  November, 2004	People v Schaefer	[OUIL]
  November, 2004	People v Hendricks	[sentencing]
  November, 2004	People v Moore	[sentencing]
  November, 2004	People v Perkins	[felon in possession]
  November, 2004	People v Curvan	[double jeopardy]
  November, 2004	People v Houston	[sentencing]
  June, 2004	People v Tombs	[sexually abusive material]
  June, 2004	People v Stewart	[parole]
  June, 2004	People v Robinson	[perjury]
  July, 2004	People v Young	[credibility]
  June, 2004	People v Bell	[exclusion of jurors]
  June, 2004	People v Rice; People v Knight	[exclusion of jurors]
  June, 2004	People v Davis	[double jeopardy]
  November, 2003	People v Nickens	[instructions]
  November, 2003	People v Morson	[sentencing]
  November, 2003	People v Barbee	[sentencing]
  July, 2003	People v Lively	[perjury]
  July, 2003	People v Claypool	[sentencing]
  July, 2003	People v Maynor	[child abuse]
  July, 2003	People v Lively	[perjury]
  July, 2003	People v Williams	[waiver of counsel]
  July, 2003	People v Hickman	[identification]
  July, 2003	People v Phillips	[instructions]
  July, 2003	People v Russell	[waiver of counsel]
  July, 2003	People v Deline	[guidelines scoring]
  July, 2003	People v Holtschlag, Cole, Brayman and Limmer	[manslaughter]
  June, 2003	People v McRae	[confessions]
  March, 2003	People v Kimble	[issue preservation]
  January, 2003	People v Goldston	[good faith exception]
  December, 2002	People v Boyd	[self-incrimination]
  December, 2002	People v Zubke	[double jeopardy]
  December, 2002	People v McGee	[double jeopardy]
  December, 2002	People v Elkhoja	[discovery]
  November, 2002	People v Nutt	[double jeopardy]
  November, 2002	People v Perks	[probation revocation]
  November, 2002	People v Gonzalez	[accomplice testimony]
  October, 2002	People v Silagy; People v Gottschalk Vacated May 8, 2003	[special prosecutor]
  October, 2002	People v Grant	[ineffective assistance]
  October, 2002	People v Harris	[felony firearm]
  October, 2002	People v Moore	[felony firearm]
  October, 2002	People v McNally	[defendant's silence]
  October, 2002	People v Petty	[juvenile sentencing]
  October, 2002	People v Cress	[newly discovered evidence]
  October, 2002	People v Mendoza	[lesser included offenses]
  October, 2002	Jones v Department of Corrections	[speedy hearing]
  September, 2002	People v Babcock	[guidelines departures]
  September, 2002	People v Aliakbar	[guidelines departures]
  September, 2002	People v Watkins	[self-incrimination]
  July, 2002	People v Schref	[good faith]
  July, 2002	People v Martin	[impossibility]
  July, 2002	People v Phillips	[discovery]
  July, 2002	People v Katt	[hearsay evidence]
  May, 2002	People v Perkins	[csc sufficiency]
  April, 2002	People v $1,923,235.62 and Megabowl, Inc., et al	[forfeiture]
  April, 2002	People v Chavis	[false crime report]
  April, 2002	People v Hawkins	[good faith exception]
  April, 2002	People v Clay	[assault on officer]
  April, 2002	People v Jones	[polygraph]
  March, 2002	People v Yost	[sufficiency]

  Summaries of Michigan Supreme Court Orders

  March, 2008	People v Bond	[csc]
  March, 2008	People v Lamorand	[leniency]
  March, 2008	People v Hernandez-Orta	[dna]
  February, 2008	People v Hartman	[child sexually abusive material]
  February, 2008	People v Dekubber	[ineffective assistance]
  January, 2008	People v Lathrup	[guidelines]

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  Summaries of published Michigan Court of Appeals Decisions

  April, 2008	People v Kanaan; Pepole v Eight Mile Dental
  March, 2008	People v Underwood
  March, 2008	People v Powell
  March, 2008	People v Yost
  March, 2008	People v Unger
  March, 2008	People v Hesch
  March, 2008	People v Uphaus
  February, 2008	People v Hutchinson
  February, 2008	People v Stevenson
  January, 2008	People v Davis; People v Perez
  January, 2008	People v Meconi
  January, 2008	People v Grazhidani
  January, 2008	People v Mungo

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  Summaries of unpublished Michigan Court of Appeals Decisions

  April, 2008	People v Jones
  April, 2008	People v Stuckey
  April, 2008	People v Bennett
  April, 2008	People v Patterson
  April, 2008	People v Haskin
  March, 2008	People v Fisher
  March, 2008	People v Watts
  March, 2008	People v Zoica
  March, 2008	People v Rogers
  March, 2008	People v Estes
  March, 2008	People v Pena
  March, 2008	People v Filip
  March, 2008	People v Stocks
  March, 2008	People v Frazier
  March, 2008	People v Christian-Bates
  March, 2008	People v Hill
  February, 2008	People v Lavallis
  February, 2008	People v Lewis
  February, 2008	People v Chambers
  February, 2008	People v Ferrell
  February, 2008	People v Schizas
  February, 2008	People v Yoder
  February, 2008	People v Craig

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  People v Byrd

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United States District Court

• Summaries of Decisions

  March, 2008	McBroom v Warren	[ineffective]
  November, 2006	Avery v Prelesnik	[failure to investigate]
  October, 2006	Bey v Rubitshun	[parole]
  September, 2006	Fleming v Mettrish	[confessions]
  September, 2006	Smith v Jones	[prosecutor comments]

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Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

• Summaries of Decisions

  March, 2008	United States v Tatum	[guidelines]
  February, 2008	Brannum v Overton County School Board	[right to privacy]
  February, 2008	United States v Alexander	[departure]
  February, 2008	US v Odeneal; US v Andres	[jury challenges]
  February, 2008	United States v Vonner	[Blakely]
  January, 2008	United States v Vicol	[sentencing reasons]
  January, 2008	United States v Grossman	[departure reasons]

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United States Supreme Court Decisions

• Summaries of Decisions

  March, 2008	Medellin v Texas	[international law]
  March, 2008	Snyder v Louisian	[jury exclusion]
  February, 2008	Danforth v Minnesota	[retroactivity]
  December, 2007	Kimbrough v United States	[Blakely]
  December, 2007	Gall v United States	[Blakely]
  December, 2007	Watson v United States	[firearms]
  December, 2007	Logan v United States	[sentence enhancement]

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• Summaries of Grants of Certiorari

  March, 2008	FCC v Fox Television	[FCC]
  March, 2008	Melendez-Diaz v Massachusetts	[confrontation]
  March, 2008	Waddington v Sarausad	[habeas]
  March, 2008	Oregon v Ice	[Blakely]
  March, 2008	Jimenez v Quarterman	[habeas]
  February, 2008	Herring v United States	[incident to arrest]
  January, 2008	Giles v California	[confrontation]
  January, 2008	Irizarry v United States	[guidelines]
  January, 2008	Greenlaw v United States	[sentencing]
  January, 2008	Kennedy v Louisiana	[death penalty]

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