People v. Merriweather

Decision Date06 May 1994
Docket NumberNo. 131742,131742
Citation519 N.W.2d 888,445 Mich. 881
PartiesPeople v. Merriweather (Bashara) (Two Cases) NOS. 97715, 97745. COA
CourtMichigan Supreme Court

Prior Report: 201 Mich.App. 383, 506 N.W.2d 888.

Disposition: Leave to appeal is considered.

In Docket No. 97715, leave to appeal is DENIED because we are not persuaded that the questions presented should be reviewed by this Court.

In Docket No. 97745, leave to appeal is GRANTED.

Other persons or groups interested in the determination of the appeal may move the Court for permission to file briefs amicus curiae.

The defendant is directed to file with the Recorder's Court for the City of Detroit an affidavit concerning his present financial status (see guidelines at 387 Mich xxxi). The Recorder's Court for the City of Detroit must provide the prosecutor with a copy of the defendant's affidavit. The prosecutor may challenge the defendant's assertion of indigency by filing an appropriate motion with the Recorder's Court for the City of Detroit within 14 days after the prosecutor receives the copy of the affidavit. If such challenge is brought, the Recorder's Court for the City of Detroit must conduct a hearing on the matter within 21 days after the prosecutor's motion is filed. The prosecutor, the defendant, and an attorney appointed by the Recorder's Court for the City of Detroit to represent the defendant must appear at...

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