Court Opinion

ID: 9850294
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 04:54:44.110423+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:20:34.659313
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Bronson, J.
(dissenting). I dissent for the reasons stated in People v Radney, 81 Mich App 303, 307; 265 NW2d 128 (1978), People v Darrell, 72 Mich App 710, 714; 250 NW2d 751 (1976) (Bron*134son, J., dissenting), and People v Michael Brown, 72 Mich App 7; 248 NW2d 695 (1976).
Defendant was given a notice of violation which stated that she had a right to a hearing. I would affirm defendant’s conviction even in the absence of the court directly informing the defendant of her right to a hearing if there had been any indication on the notice itself or anywhere in the record that defendant had read the notice and was aware of her right to a hearing and understood what that right entailed. However, there was no such indication. I cannot assume from a silent record that defendant knew that she had a right to a hearing and intelligently and voluntarily waived that right. I would reverse.