One of two prosecutors leading the failed Flint water criminal investigation appeared furious, dismayed and dead set on finding a way to keep the charges alive in the months following the Michigan Supreme Court's dismissal of the cases.
Attorneys for Richard Baird, an aide to former Governor Rick Snyder who was among several charged by the Department of Attorney General for felonies related to the Flint water crisis though later scuttled after a Supreme Court decision, has issued an intent to sue the state for malicious prosecution.
The Department of Attorney General says the release of most emails and text message communications between the two leaders of the failed Flint water criminal prosecution would not serve the public interest.
The Michigan Supreme Court's landmark 2022 decision holding a one-judge grand jury indictment must also include an opportunity for a preliminary examination to determine probable cause can and should be retroactively applied to convictions and sentences prior to the ruling, a unanimous Court of Appeals panel said Thursday.
The Michigan Supreme Court in its 2022-23 term decided several consequential and in some cases tricky questions of law, including whether equitable parenting rights extend to certain LGBTQ couples, if premises are liable for open and obvious hazard injuries and, most significantly, whether those injured before the 2019 auto no-fault insurance reforms were subject to the new fee schedule.
The Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a short, single paragraph ruling that may have put the final nail in the coffin of the state's Flint water criminal cases.
Wyoming Mayor Kent Vanderwood, who has been charged with conspiracy to commit forgery and uttering and publishing in relation to the alleged fake 2020 GOP electors scheme, is being represented by the attorney who led the Flint water criminal defense of former Governor Rick Snyder.
The Court of Appeals affirmed in a short order on Thursday affirmed the Genesee Circuit Court's dismissal of charges against Jarrod Agen, the former chief of staff for ex-Governor Rick Snyder, in the Flint criminal case ensnaring him, his former boss and several other former state actors.
Court of Appeals Judge Colleen O'Brien on Thursday granted motions to affirm a lower court's dismissal of charges against Eden Wells, a former Department of Health and Human Services chief medical executive, and former emergency manager Darnell Earley in the Flint criminal case.