PEOPLE v. BRINKEY

No. 342419.

932 N.W.2d 232 (2019)

327 Mich. App. 94

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Peter Thomas BRINKEY, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided February 14, 2019, at 9:00 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dana Nessel , Attorney General, Fadwa A. Hammoud , Solicitor General, Eric J. Smith , Prosecuting Attorney, Joshua D. Abbott , Chief Appellate Attorney, and John Paul Hunt , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Melissa Krauskopf , for defendant.

Before: Swartzle, P.J., and Markey and Ronayne Krause JJ.


For a valid plea agreement, it is axiomatic that there must be an actual agreement on the essential features of the plea. When there are multiple proposed plea agreements and hearings, as here, reference to a "prior plea" will likely be ambiguous and require some clarification on the record, unlike as here. Defendant, Peter Thomas...

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