Categories: Michigan Supreme Court Opinions

PEOPLE v. SKINNER, 477 Mich. 930 (2006)

723 N.W.2d 458

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHN DALMAR KINNER, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 131608.Supreme Court of Michigan.
November 15, 2006.

Appeal from the Court of Appeals No. 266690.

Summary Dispositions November 15, 2006.

Pursuant to MCR 7.302(G)(1), in lieu of granting leave to appeal, we remand this case to the Saginaw Circuit Court for a determination of whether the defendant is indigent and, if so, for the appointment of appellate counsel, in light of Halbert v Michigan, 545 US 605 (2005). Appointed counsel may file an application for leave to appeal with the Court of Appeals, and/or any appropriate postconviction motions in the trial court, within 12 months of the date of the Saginaw Circuit Court’s order appointing counsel, in accord with the deadlines in effect at the time the defendant was denied counsel. See MCR 7.205(F)(3), MCR 6.311, and MCR 6.429. Counsel may include among the issues raised, but is not required to include, those issues raised by the defendant in his application for leave to appeal to this Court. In all other respects, leave to appeal is denied, because we are not persuaded that the remaining questions presented should be reviewed by this Court.

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