PEOPLE v. DOLPH-HOSTETTER

Docket No. 242356.

664 N.W.2d 254 (2003)

256 Mich. App. 587

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Lisa DOLPH-HOSTETTER, a/k/a Lisa Dolph, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided May 22, 2003, at 9:05 a.m.

Released for Publication July 2, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, Jeffrey C. Middleton, Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Barnes & Thornburg (by George E. Horn, Jr.), South Bend, IN, for the defendant.

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


METER, Judge.

This opinion addresses the application of an amendment of M.C.L. § 600.2162, which sets forth, among other things, the scope of the marital-communications privilege.1 Before the amendment in question, M.C.L. § 600.2162(2) specified that "a married person or a person that has been married previously shall not be examined as to any communication made between that person and his or her spouse or former spouse during...

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