Court Opinion

ID: 9656390
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 19:47:34.055997+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:31:23.842242
License: Public Domain

Bronson, P.J.
(dissenting in part; concurring in part). I write separately because I do not believe conditional guilty pleas are valid and enforceable. As I said in People v Ricky Smith, 85 Mich App 32, 39-45; 270 NW2d 697 (1978), it is my opinion that the arguments weighing in favor of the use and validity of conditional guilty pleas are outweighed by their adverse effects on the administration of justice. Further, as I said in Ricky Smith, I believe that until there is a definitive rule or statute allowing conditional pleas or, at least, a Michigan Supreme Court decision upholding their validity, in the interests of uniformity in the trial courts, we should not countenance the use of conditional guilty pleas.