Court Opinion

ID: 9736804
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 19:07:00.593984+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:23:54.784626
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Cavanagh, J.
(concurring in part and dissenting in part). I agree with the majority that there was sufficient evidence to convict defendant of armed robbery and that comments made by the prosecutor did not deny defendant a fair trial. I also agree with the need for a postremand hearing to determine whether the defendant was prejudiced by the prosecution’s failure to identify and list a res gestae witness. Although the due diligence obligation to produce res gestae witnesses is in dispute, the prosecutor under the present statute is required to list all known res gestae witnesses. On this basis, I agree that an evidentiary hearing is appropriate.
*298However, I am not prepared at this time to adopt the "focus” test to determine whether defendant was entitled to counsel’s presence at the photographic displays conducted by the police. I am not convinced that the clear language rejecting this test from the unanimously decided case of People v Lee, 391 Mich 618, 625; 218 NW2d 655 (1974), has been disturbed by People v Kachar, 400 Mich 78; 252 NW2d 807 (1977). Consequently, I would not order an evidentiary hearing on the "focus” issue, finding nothing improper with the photographic displays conducted by the police.