Court Opinion

ID: 9686883
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 16:10:39.651168+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:18:22.770167
License: Public Domain

Bashara, J.
(concurring in part, dissenting in part). I concur separately because I am unwilling to extend the scope of People v Moore, 391 Mich 426; 216 NW2d 770 (1974). Moore was based on United States v Tucker, 404 US 443; 92 S Ct 589; 30 L Ed 2d 592 (1972). Tucker in turn relied on Gideon v Wainwright, 372 US 335; 83 S Ct 792; 9 L Ed 2d 799; 93 ALR2d 733 (1963). That case specifically considered only those cases where the defendant was not represented by counsel.
Until our Supreme Court or the United States Supreme Court mandates otherwise, we should not subject trial courts to further encumbrances.