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MI HB6516
Bill
Status
12/16/2020
Primary Sponsor
Matthew Maddock
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AI Summary
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Requires courts to provide defendants with relevant case dates and deadlines in writing at every criminal hearing in Michigan.
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Mandates written notification of pretrial hearings, discovery deadlines, affirmative defense deadlines, local court procedure deadlines, plea dates, trial dates, sentencing dates, and appeal deadlines.
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Allows defendants to seek and receive an adjournment, continuance, or delay if the court fails to provide written notice of a deadline.
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Prohibits the court's failure to comply from creating a civil cause of action against the court, department, or individual.
Legislative Description
Courts: other; court deadline notification; require court to provide written notification to defendants. Amends 1927 PA 175 (MCL 760.1 - 777.69) by adding sec. 12 to ch. III.
Courts: other
Last Action
Bill Electronically Reproduced 12/17/2020
12/17/2020