e-Journal Summary

e-Journal Number : 83916
Opinion Date : 06/27/2025
e-Journal Date : 07/01/2025
Court : Michigan Supreme Court
Case Name : People v. Davenport
Practice Area(s) : Criminal Law
Judge(s) : Cavanagh, Zahra, Bernstein, Welch, Bolden, Thomas, and Hood
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Issues:

Consideration of claims raised in a Standard 4 brief

Summary

In an order in lieu of granting leave to appeal the Court of Appeals judgment (see eJournal # 82455 in the 10/23/24 edition), the court remanded the case to the Court of Appeals to consider the claims raised in defendant’s Standard 4 brief. While the Court of Appeals granted “defendant’s motion to extend the time for filing his Standard 4 brief and accepted the brief” he submitted for filing, its judgment did “not address the claims raised in that brief.”

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