People v. Kalina — Court affirms 7–15 year upward-departure sentence for priest’s 1984 sexual abuse of a minor
Case People of the State of Michigan v. Neil Kalina Court Michigan Court of Appeals Date Decided June 22, 2026 […]
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People v. LaFollette — Michigan Court of Appeals affirms 7-to-15-year sentence for CSC-II, upholding guidelines scoring of sexual penetration that arose from the same camper incident as the sentencing offense
Case People of the State of Michigan v. Steven Michael LaFollette Court Michigan Court of Appeals Date Decided June 22,
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People v. Butler-Quarles — Michigan Court of Appeals affirms convictions, rejecting ineffective-assistance and trial-error claims after ex-wife shot husband’s girlfriend
Case People of the State of Michigan v. Barika Butler-Quarles Court Michigan Court of Appeals (Judges Young, Borrello, and Trebilcock)
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People v. McKean — Michigan Court of Appeals affirms CSC-I and kidnapping convictions, upholding Miranda waivers, bench-trial waiver, and admission of unavailable victim’s prior testimony
Case People of the State of Michigan v. Brandon Michael McKean Court Michigan Court of Appeals (unpublished) Date Decided June
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People v. Handrich — Michigan Court of Appeals affirms first-degree murder conviction, upholding refusal of manslaughter instruction and sufficiency of premeditation evidence
Case People of the State of Michigan v. Daykota Dallas Handrich Court Michigan Court of Appeals Date Decided June 18,
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People v. Thwaites — Michigan Court of Appeals affirms convictions and sentences for unlawful imprisonment and first-degree criminal sexual conduct
Case People of the State of Michigan v. Douglas Bain Thwaites Court Michigan Court of Appeals Date Decided June 18,
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Van Net — Michigan Court of Appeals affirms obstruction conviction of “First Amendment Auditor” who ignored police commands at traffic stop
Case People of the State of Michigan v. Garrett Jennings Van Net Court Michigan Court of Appeals Date Decided June
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People v. Emmanuel — Michigan Court of Appeals vacates sentence, orders resentencing after finding federal counterfeiting conviction was misclassified as high-severity felony under sentencing guidelines
Case People of the State of Michigan v. Moses Richard Emmanuel Court Michigan Court of Appeals Date Decided June 18,
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People v. Onumonu — Court reverses grant of new trial in 1999 cold-case murder conviction
Case People of the State of Michigan v. Nosakhare Onumonu Court Michigan Court of Appeals Date Decided June 18, 2026
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People v. Black — Michigan Court of Appeals affirms 39-to-60-year resentence for juvenile first-degree murderer, finding court properly weighed youth as mitigating factor
Case People of the State of Michigan v. Rodney Damon Black Court Michigan Court of Appeals Date Decided June 18,