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PEOPLE v. KOLANEK

Docket Nos. 142695, 142712, 142850. Calendar Nos. 5, 6.

817 N.W.2d 528 (2012)

491 Mich. 382

PEOPLE v. KOLANEK. People v. King.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided May 31, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, John J. Bursch , Solicitor General, Jessica R. Cooper , Prosecuting Attorney, and Thomas R. Grden , Chief, Appellate Division, for the people in Kolanek.

Mark A. Ambrose and Shawn Patrick Smith , Bloomfield Hills, for Alexander E. Kolanek.

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, John J. Bursch , Solicitor General, Richard A. Bandstra , Chief Legal Counsel, and Joel D. McGormley , Assistant Attorney General, for the people in King.

Cramer & Minock, PLC by John R. Minock , Ann Arbor, Daniel S. Korobkin , Michael J. Steinberg , and Kary L. Moss , Detroit, for Larry S. King.

Bradford W. Springer for Scholten Fant, P.C., Grand Haven, in Kolanek.

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, John J. Bursch , Solicitor General, Richard A. Bandstra , Chief Legal Counsel, and Joel D. McGormley , Assistant Attorney General, for the Attorney General in Kolanek.

Larry Burdick , Mount Pleasant, Jeffrey R. Fink , and Cheri L. Bruinsma for the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan in Kolanek.

Arvid Perrin and Irina Perrin in propriis personis in King.

MARY BETH KELLY, J.

We granted leave in these cases to consider substantive and procedural aspects of the affirmative defense of medical use of marijuana under § 8, MCL 333.26428, of the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act (MMMA).1 Given the plain language of the statute, we hold that a defendant asserting the § 8 affirmative defense is not required to establish the requirements of §...

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