Public Administrative Hearings

Public Administrative Hearings provide an opportunity for the public to express its views and comments about proposals that the Court is considering.  These public hearings are held at least three times annually (see Administrative Order No. 1997-11).  The Notice of Public Administrative Hearing identifies agenda items, explains how to sign up to speak at the hearing, and provides the time and date of the hearing.

Video of the conference may also be viewed online at the State Bar of Michigan “Virtual Court” web site at http://www.michbar.org/courts/virtualcourt.cfm. Video is posted online within 24 to 48 hours of the public administrative hearing.

Proposal to Establish and Require Compliance with Court Collections Program and Reporting Requirements.
Published at 484 Mich 1201-1202 (Part 1, 2009)

Issue:  Whether to adopt the proposed administrative order to require courts to establish a local collections plan, and submit collections data to SCAO.

Proposed Amendment of Rules 3.210 and 3.211 of the Michigan Court Rules.
Published at 483 Mich 1256-1260 (Part 3, 2009)

Proposed Amendment of Rule 3.932 of the Michigan Court Rules.
Published at 485 Mich XX (Part 1, 2010)

Issue:  Whether to adopt one of the two alternatives.  Alternative A would eliminate the consent calendar provisions of MCR 3.932.  Alternative B would require a prosecutor’s consent to the use of the consent calendar and would prohibit the court from placing a case for an assaultive crime as defined in the Juvenile Diversion Act on the consent calendar.

Proposed Amendment of Rule 6.201 of the Michigan Court Rules.
Published at 484 Mich 1211-1213 (Part 1, 2009)

Issue:  Whether to adopt the proposed amendment of MCR 6.201 to require prosecutors to provide to each defendant any electronic recording evidence made by governmental agencies until the time for all appeals has expired.  Under this amendment, failure to preserve evidence would entitle the defendant to a jury instruction that jurors may presume any evidence not produced was adverse to the prosecution.

Proposed Amendments of Rules 6.425 and 6.610 of the Michigan Court Rules.
Published at 485 Mich XX (Part 1, 2010)

Issue:  Whether to adopt the proposed amendments of MCR 6.425 and MCR 6.610 to increase the time within which a court is required to provide copies of the presentence report to the prosecutor, the defendant’s lawyer, or the defendant if not represented by a lawyer, to two business days before the day of sentencing.  If the report is not made available at least two days before sentencing, the defendant’s lawyer, or the defendant, if not represented by a lawyer, would be entitled to adjournment to prepare necessary corrections, additions, or deletions to present to the court.  The amendments would prohibit the inclusion of specific information in the report about the victim or witness.

Proposed Amendments of Rules 3.800, 3.802, 3.901, 3.903, 3.920, 3.921, 3.931, 3.935, 3.961, 3.963, 3.965, 3.974, 3.975, 3.976, 3.977, 3.980, 5.125, 5.402, and 5.404 and Proposed New Rules 3.002, 3.807, 3.905, 3.967, and 5.109 of the Michigan Court Rules.
Published at 485 Mich XX (Part 1, 2010)

Issue:  Whether to adopt the proposed amendments and new rules that incorporate specific provisions of the Indian Child Welfare Act into the relevant rules that relate to adoptions, guardianships, child protective proceedings, and juvenile status offenses.

Proposed Amendment of Rules 7.105, 7.204, 7.205, and 7.302 of the Michigan Court Rules.
Published at 485 Mich XX (Part 1, 2010)

Issue:  Whether to adopt the proposed amendments to create a prison mailbox rule, which would allow a claim of appeal or application for leave to appeal to be deemed filed when a prison inmate acting pro se places the legal documents in the prison’s outgoing mail.  The proposed rule would apply to appeals from administrative agencies, appeals from circuit court, and appeals from decisions of the Court of Appeals.

Proposed Amendment of Rule 6.302 of the Michigan Court Rules.
Published at 483 Mich 1252-1256 (Part 3, 2009)

Issue:  Whether to adopt the proposed amendment of MCR 6.302 to require all discussions regarding a defendant’s plea agreement to occur in open and on the record.

Proposed Amendment of Rules 7.101 and 7.105 of the Michigan Court Rules.
Published at 484 Mich 1206-1207 (Part 1, 2009)

Issue:  Whether to adopt the proposed amendments of Rules 7.101 and 7.105 of the Michigan Court Rules to limit the page length to 50 pages for briefs filed in cases that involve an appeal from district court or an appeal of a decision by a state administrative agency, board, or commission, similar to the page-length restriction for briefs filed in the Court of Appeals.

Proposed Amendments of Rules 5.105, 5.125, 5.201, 5.501,
5.801, and 5.802 of the Michigan Court Rules and Proposed New Rule 5.208 of the Michigan Court Rules (to Replace Rules 5.306 and 5.503).
Published at 485 Mich XX (Part 1, 2010)

Issue:  Whether to preliminarily adopt these amendments that were proposed largely as a result of the enactment of the Michigan Trust Code.