131223 | Mich. | Dec 15, 2006
PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
Michael David KELLER, Defendant-Appellee.
People of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
Melinda Sue Keller, Defendant-Appellee.
Supreme Court of Michigan.
On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the March 30, 2006 judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered. We direct the Clerk to schedule oral argument on whether to grant the application or take other peremptory action. MCR 7.302(G)(1). We order the Genesee Circuit Court, in accordance with Administrative Order 2003-03, to promptly *475 determine whether the defendants are indigent and, if so, to immediately appoint James Zimmer to represent the defendants in this Court. The parties shall submit supplemental briefs within 56 days of the determination of indigency, and they should address: (1) whether the presence in the defendants' trash of a small amount of marijuana constituted probable cause justifying the search; (2) assuming there was a Fourth Amendment violation, whether police acted in objectively reasonable good-faith reliance on the warrant; (3) whether the search violated MCL 780.653; and (4) assuming that the search violated MCL 780.653, but not the Fourth Amendment, whether the trial court elected a proper remedy by permitting the defense to argue to the jury that police misled the magistrate and violated Michigan law in their efforts to obtain a search warrant.
The Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan and the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan are invited to file briefs amicus curiae. Other persons or groups interested in the determination of the issues presented in this case may move the Court for permission to file briefs amicus curiae.