Court Opinion

ID: 9691506
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 20:36:21.31879+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:19:21.665276
License: Public Domain

Fitzgerald, J.
([concurring.) I believe that this case can be decided solely on the basis of MCR 6.425(F)(1)(c) and, therefore, I decline to address the issue whether an indigent defendant has a constitutional right to appointed counsel in pursuing an application for leave to appeal. See Auto Club Ins Ass’n v Farmington Hills, 220 Mich App 92, 100; 559 NW2d 314 (1996) (the well-established rule is to avoid a constitutional question when the case can be resolved on a nonconstitutional basis). I concur only with the majority’s analysis of MCR 6.425(F)(1)(c) and its conclusion, and I express no opinion regarding the constitutional issue addressed by the majority.