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PEOPLE v. LEWIS

No. 154396.

903 N.W.2d 816 (2017)

501 Mich. 1

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gary Patrick LEWIS, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 31, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, Aaron D. Lindstrom , Solicitor General, Kym L. Worthy , Prosecuting Attorney, Jason W. Williams , Chief of Research, Training, and Appeals, and Amy M. Somers , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

State Appellate Defender (by Chari K. Grove , Douglas W. Baker , and Jason R. Eggert ) for defendant.

BEFORE THE ENTIRE BENCH

OPINION

This case confronts us with two precedents of the Supreme Court of the United States that initially seem to conflict. In one, the Supreme Court remarked that denial of counsel at a critical stage of a criminal proceeding is a structural error requiring automatic reversal. See United States v. Cronic,

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