Court Opinion

ID: 9697258
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 19:09:56.328441+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:20:30.253744
License: Public Domain

Smolensk, J.
(concurring in part and dissenting in parí). I concur in parts i(a) and m and the result reached by the majority opinion. However, I respectfully dissent with respect to part i(b) of the majority opinion. As recognized by the trial court, the prosecution is not required to undertake discovery on behalf of a defendant. People v McWhorter, 150 Mich App 826, 832; 389 NW2d 499 (1986). Accordingly, I would hold that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in declining to order the prosecution to gain access to the Law Enforcement Information Network and provide defendant’s counsel with the computerized criminal histories of certain prosecution witnesses.