PEOPLE v. HARRIS

Docket Nos. 149872, 149873, 150042. Calendar No. 2.

885 N.W.2d 832 (2016)

499 Mich. 332

PEOPLE, v. HARRIS. People, v. Little. People, v. Hughes.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided June 22, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, Aaron D. Lindstrom , Solicitor General, Kym Worthy , Prosecuting Attorney, Jason W. Williams , Chief of Research, Training, and Appeals, and David A. McCreedy , Lead Appellate Attorney, for the people.

Steven Fishman and Pamella Szydlak for Sean Harris and William Little.

Goldpaugh & Associates, PC, Detroit (by John J. Goldpaugh ), for Nevin Hughes.

Douglas M. Gutscher and Frank A. Guido , Redford, for the Police Officers Association of Michigan.

Thomas R. Zulch , Brendan J. Canfield , and Megan Boelstler , Royal Oak, for the Police Officers Labor Council.


In these three consolidated cases, we address the difficult question of whether defendants' false statements made while serving as law enforcement officers during an internal affairs investigation can be used against them in criminal proceedings. We conclude that under the disclosures by law enforcement officers act (DLEOA), MCL 15.391...

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