PEOPLE v. BRAGG

Docket No. 305140.

824 N.W.2d 170 (2012)

296 Mich. App. 433

PEOPLE v. BRAGG.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided May 8, 2012, at 9:00 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, John J. Bursch , Solicitor General, Kym L. Worthy , Prosecuting Attorney, Timothy A. Baughman , Chief of Research, Training, and Appeals, and Toni Odette , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Law Offices of Raymond A. Cassar, PLC, Farmington Hills (by Raymond A. Cassar ), for defendant.

Before: GLEICHER, P.J., and METER and DONOFRIO, JJ.


GLEICHER, P.J.

Defendant, Samuel Dale Bragg, was bound over for trial on a first-degree criminal sexual conduct charge, based in part on the testimony of Pastor John Vaprezsan, who shared with the district court defendant's admission to having sexually assaulted defendant's then nine-year-old cousin. The circuit court quashed defendant's statement to the pastor under the cleric-congregant privilege,1 leading to the prosecution's interlocutory...

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