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PEOPLE v. JAMES

Docket No. 266521.

725 N.W.2d 71 (2006)

272 Mich. App. 182

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William Fitzgerald JAMES, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided August 29, 2006, at 9:10 a.m.

Released for Publication December 7, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, William A. Forsyth, Kent County Prosecuting Attorney, and Timothy K. McMorrow, Chief Appellate Attorney, for the people.

William James in propria persona.

Terence R. Flanagan, Hartland, Mark R. Granzotto, Royal Oak, David A. Moran, Detroit, James E. Czarnecki, II, Royal Oak, Michael J. Steinberg, Detroit, and Kary L. Moss, Detroit, for amici curiae the American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan.

Gilbert, Smith & Borrello, P.C. (by Andre R. Borrello), Saginaw, for the 10th Judicial Circuit Court and the Saginaw County Prosecuting Attorney.

Before: ZAHRA, P.J., and NEFF and OWENS, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Defendant appeals by leave granted an order of the circuit court denying his request for the appointment of appellate counsel to pursue an appeal of his guilty-plea conviction of armed robbery, MCL 750.529. Although the court ultimately reversed its decision and granted defendant's request, we conclude that the circuit court's denial of appellate counsel and its reasoning are contrary to the United States Supreme Court's decision in Halbert v. Michigan...

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