PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. 341703.

938 N.W.2d 42 (2019)

328 Mich. App. 408

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donald Willie WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided May 23, 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 Emil Semaan , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Law Offices of Deborah LaBelle , Ann Arbor (by Anlyn Addis) and Latham & Watkins LLP (by Dean W. Baxtresser and Lauren K. Sharkey ) for defendant.

Jonathan Sacks , Lansing, Michael Mittlestat , Tina N. Olson , and Erin Van Campen for Amicui Curiae the State Appellate Defender Office.

Before: Redford, P.J., and Markey and K. F. Kelly, JJ.


Defendant, a juvenile lifer, appeals by delayed leave granted1 the trial court's order granting in part and denying in part his motion for approval of public funds to hire "mitigation" experts for his resentencing hearing. Defendant had requested expert-witness funding in the amount of $42,650. The trial court...

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