by admin | May 13, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Michigan
(A) Applicable Provisions. Except as provided in these rules, a mental competency hearing in a criminal case is governed by MCL 330.2020 et seq. (B) Time and Form of Motion. The issue of the defendant’s competence to stand trial or to participate in other...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Michigan
(A) Permissive Joinder. An information or indictment may charge two or more defendants with the same offense. It may charge two or more defendants with two or more offenses when (1) each defendant is charged with accountability for each offense, or(2) the offenses are...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Michigan
(A) Charging Joinder. The prosecuting attorney may file an information or indictment that charges a single defendant with any two or more offenses. Each offense must be stated in a separate count. Two or more informations or indictments against a single defendant may...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Michigan
(A) Time of Conducting. Unless the defendant waives arraignment or the court for good cause orders a delay, or as otherwise permitted by these rules, the court with trial jurisdiction must arraign the defendant on the scheduled date. The court may hold the arraignment...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Michigan
(A) Informations and Indictments; Similar Treatment. Except as otherwise provided in these rules or elsewhere, the law and rules that apply to informations and prosecutions on informations apply to indictments and prosecutions on indictments. (B) Use of Information or...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Michigan
(A) Tthe circuit court arraignment may be conducted by a district judge in criminal cases cognizable in the circuit court immediately after the bindover of the defendant. A district court judge shall take a felony plea as provided by court rule if a plea agreement is...
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