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PEOPLE v. RICHMOND

Docket No. 136648.

782 N.W.2d 187 (2010)

486 Mich. 29

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edwin Dewayne RICHMOND, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

April 30, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, B. Eric Restuccia, Solicitor General, Kym L. Worthy, Prosecuting Attorney, and Timothy A. Baughman, Chief of Research, Training, and Appeals, for the people.

Matthew R. Abel, Detroit and Alan L. Kaufman for defendant.

Brian A. Peppler, David S. Leyton, and Donald A. Kuebler, Flint, for the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan.

Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, B. Eric Restuccia, Solicitor General, and Joel D. McGormley, Assistant Attorney General, for the Attorney General.

Opinion

MICHAEL F. CAVANAGH, J.

We granted leave to appeal to address whether the dismissal of the charges against defendant on the prosecution's motion rendered moot the prosecution's subsequent appeal in the Court of Appeals. People v. Richmond, 483 Mich. 1115, 766 N.W.2d 843 (2009). We hold that the prosecution's voluntary dismissal of the charges rendered its appeal moot and, as a result, the Court of Appeals...

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