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Michigan v. Smith, MI, Felony Complaint, Prosecutors Public Integrity Crimes, 2020

Brief • March 24, 2020

Filed under: Prosecutors, Money/Property

Michigan v. Smith, MI, Felony Complaint, Prosecutors Public Integrity Crimes, 2020 /"'\ DISTRICT: CIRCUIT: MSP# 010-0000169-19 STATE OF MICHIGAN 418 JUDICIAL DISTRICT 16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COMPLAINT District Court ORI: Ml500045J 22380 Starks Drive, Clinton Township, Ml 48036 Circuit Court ORI: Ml500015J 40 N. Main, Mount Clemens, Ml 48043 586-469-9300 586-469-5208 …

Michigan Supreme Court: Defendant Entitled to Self-defense Jury Instruction

Article • March 18, 2020 • from CLN April, 2020

Filed under: Jury Instructions

Michigan Supreme Court: Defendant Entitled to Self-defense Jury Instruction by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The Supreme Court of Michigan held a trial court erred in denying a defendant’s request for a self-defense instruction on the basis that a defendant who claims another person committed the homicide is …

Sixth Circuit: Grant of Habeas on Grounds that State Trial Court Violated Defendant’s Right to Present a Complete Defense

Article • January 21, 2020 • from CLN February, 2020

Filed under: Defenses, Habeas Corpus

Sixth Circuit: Grant of Habeas on Grounds that State Trial Court Violated Defendant’s Right to Present a Complete Defense by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed a district court’s conditional grant of a petition for writ of habeas corpus on grounds …

Michigan Supreme Court Reverses Criminal Sexual Conduct Convictions in Two Consolidated Cases Due to Improperly Admitted Expert Testimony

Article • November 19, 2019 • from CLN December, 2019

Filed under: Expert Witnesses

Michigan Supreme Court Reverses Criminal Sexual Conduct Convictions in Two Consolidated Cases Due to Improperly Admitted Expert Testimony by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Michigan reversed convictions for criminal sexual conduct in two consolidated cases due to improperly admitted testimony of expert witnesses. Joshua Thorpe was …

Herriges v. County of Macomb, MI, Complaint, Failure to Provide Medical Care, 2019

Brief • October 30, 2019

Filed under: Failure to Treat, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

Herriges v. County of Macomb, MI, Complaint, Failure to Provide Medical Care, 2019 Case 2:19-cv-12193-DML-EAS ECF No. 23, PageID.193 Filed 10/30/19 Page 1 of 61 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION CAROL HERRIGES, as Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF DIETER HERRIGES-LOVE, Deceased, Case No.: 19-cv-12193 …

Michigan Will Pay $1.5 Million to Longest Serving Exonerated Prisoner

Article • September 17, 2019 • from CLN October, 2019

Filed under: Settlements, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment

Michigan Will Pay $1.5 Million to Longest Serving Exonerated Prisoner by Bill Barton by Bill Barton Richard Phillips, a Michigan man who was wrongfully incarcerated for 46 years before being exonerated in spring 2018, will receive a settlement of $1.5 million from the state, more than a year after he …

Michigan Supreme Court: Reaching Out Door of Home to Retrieve ID Inadequate to Surrender Fourth Amendment Rights

Article • September 17, 2019 • from CLN October, 2019

Filed under: Searches, Fourth Amendment, rights

Michigan Supreme Court: Reaching Out Door of Home to Retrieve ID Inadequate to Surrender Fourth Amendment Rights by David Reutter by David Reutter The Supreme Court of Michigan held that a defendant did not expose herself to public arrest when she reached out of her doorway to retrieve her identification …

HRDC v Winn, MI DOC censorship suit, complaint 2019

Filing • August 22, 2019

Filed under: Complaints, PLN Litigation, Censorship, First Amendment

HRDC v Winn, MI DOC censorship suit, complaint 2019 Case 2:19-cv-12470-MFL-DRG ECF No. 1 filed 08/22/19 PageID.1 Page 1 of 36 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) O’BELL WINN, in his official …

Record Number of Exonerations Prompts Michigan AG to Create Conviction Integrity Unit

Article • July 17, 2019 • from CLN August, 2019

Filed under: Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Pardons/Clemency

Record Number of Exonerations Prompts Michigan AG to Create Conviction Integrity Unit by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Few nightmares can equate with being an innocent person wrongly convicted and incarcerated. Since innocence projects began appearing in the 1990s, dozens of prisoners in Michigan have been exonerated. In 2017 a …

Sixth Circuit Holds Chalking Car Tires for Parking Enforcement Constitutes a Search Under Fourth Amendment

Article • July 16, 2019 • from CLN August, 2019

Filed under: Searches, Fourth Amendment, rights

Sixth Circuit Holds Chalking Car Tires for Parking Enforcement Constitutes a Search Under Fourth Amendment by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that chalking the tires of parked vehicles to gather information about whether they have committed a parking violation constitutes …

Police, Prosecutors Use Asset Forfeitures to Lease SUVs, Customize Motorcycles, Install WiFi at Home, and More

Article • June 22, 2019

Filed under: Forfeiture, Police

Police, Prosecutors Use Asset Forfeitures to Lease SUVs, Customize Motorcycles, Install WiFi at Home, and More by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, District Attorney Craig Stedman spent more than $21,000 of drug forfeiture money to lease a 2016 Toyota Highlander. After Stedman was ordered to release records …

Jury Takes Just 9 Minutes to Find Man Who Blared ‘F--k tha Police’ Toward Cops Not Guilty

Article • June 17, 2019 • from CLN July, 2019

Filed under: Trials, Police

Jury Takes Just 9 Minutes to Find Man Who Blared ‘F--k tha Police’ Toward Cops Not Guilty by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell It took a jury just nine minutes to come back with a verdict of “not guilty” in the trial of a man charged with blaring the 1988 …

Michigan - Restricted Publications 2019

Publication • 2019

Filed under: Publications/Books, Banned Book Lists, Censorship

Michigan - Restricted Publications 2019 REVISION DATE: March 2019 Title/Author "O” (The); Rising Sun Press 100 Facts, (The) 100 Male Nudes by Taschen 100 Strokes of the Brush Before bed by Mellisa P. 1001 Computer Hints & Tips, by Reader’s Digest 101 Things Not Everyone Should Know How To Do- …

Michigan police officer decertifications

Publication • 2019

Filed under: Police Misconduct

Michigan police officer decertifications Revocations MCOLES Invest. Date 9/30/1998 9/30/1998 10/9/1993 Case Name 1998‐456 1998‐459 1998‐47 Gentry, Vernon Renius, Randy Suarez, Robert 1998‐476 1998‐486 1999‐666 1999‐685 1999‐689 2000‐727 2001‐1731 2002‐1948 2002‐1967 2002‐2271 2003‐2295 2003‐2296 2003‐2366 2003‐2405 2003‐2424 2003‐2425 2004‐1 Wilcox, Kevin Sanders, Lester Madejczyk, Kenneth Vinton, Duane Corentt, Jerry Hackel, …

Seales v. City of Detroit, MI, Amended Judgment, Wrongful Arrest, 2019

Brief • April 19, 2019

Filed under: Jail Specific, Failure to Train/Supervise, False Arrest, Fourth Amendment, rights, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, Fifth Amendment, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights

Seales v. City of Detroit, MI, Amended Judgment, Wrongful Arrest, 2019 Case 4:12-cv-11679-GAD-DRG ECF No. 201 filed 04/19/19 PageID.3185 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION MARVIN SEALES, Case No.: 12-11679 Honorable Gershwin A. Drain v. THOMAS ZBERKOT, Defendant. ___________________________/ AMENDED JUDGMENT This …

Can We Fight Crime With Public Shaming?

Article • March 6, 2019

Filed under: Discrimination, Sentencing, Alternative Sentencing, Immigration

Can We Fight Crime With Public Shaming? by Kathi Valeii Humiliation-based punishments are designed as deterrents, but sentences that embarrass the most vulnerable among us are cruel, and represent the worst of American policies. by Kathi Valeii, DAME Magazine In November, several Bangladeshi immigrants who’d been convicted of food-stamp fraud …

$225,000 Settlement by Detroit for Unjustified Shooting of Dogs in Drug Case

Article • January 19, 2019 • from CLN February, 2019

Filed under: Dogs, Settlements

$225,000 Settlement by Detroit for Unjustified Shooting of Dogs in Drug Case by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The city of Detroit, Michigan, has settled a Section 1983 federal civil rights suit filed by Kenneth Savage and Ashley Franklin after police unnecessarily shot three dogs while confiscating potted marijuana plants …

MI DOC - GTL telephone rate

Kickback publication • January 3, 2019

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

MI DOC - GTL telephone rate A. The legal business name; address; telephone number; a description of subcontractor’s organization and the services it will provide; and information concerning subcontractor’s ability to provide the Contract Activities. B. The relationship of the subcontractor to the Contractor. C. Whether the Contractor has a …

MI DOC - GTL special equipment fund revenue

Kickback publication • January 3, 2019

Filed under: Telephones

MI DOC - GTL special equipment fund revenue A. The legal business name; address; telephone number; a description of subcontractor’s organization and the services it will provide; and information concerning subcontractor’s ability to provide the Contract Activities. B. The relationship of the subcontractor to the Contractor. C. Whether the Contractor …

Michigan Supreme Court Announces New Rule for Appointing Expert Witness for Indigent Defendants, No Longer Left to Trial Judge’s Discretion

Article • December 5, 2018 • from CLN December, 2018

Filed under: Judiciary, Indigent Defense, Expert Witnesses, Criminal Procedure

Michigan Supreme Court Announces New Rule for Appointing Expert Witness for Indigent Defendants, No Longer Left to Trial Judge’s Discretion by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The Supreme Court of Michigan held that a trial judge’s discretion plays no part in appointing an expert witness for a defendant; instead, a …