PEOPLE v. CAIN

Docket No. 149259. Calendar No. 2.

869 N.W.2d 829 (2015)

498 Mich. 108

PEOPLE v. CAIN.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 23, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, Aaron D. Lindstrom , Solicitor General, Kym L. Worthy , Prosecuting Attorney, Timothy A. Baughman , Chief of Research, Training, and Appeals, and Thomas M. Chambers , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Kristina Larson Dunne , for defendant.

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, Aaron D. Lindstrom , Solicitor General, and B. Eric Restuccia , Deputy Solicitor General, for the Attorney General.

Peter Jon Van Hoek , for the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan.


This case presents a fundamental question that appellate courts often confront: whether to afford relief on the basis of a claim of error not raised in the trial court. As a general rule, appellate courts will not grant relief on belated claims of error unless the proponent establishes, among other things, that the unpreserved error...

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