PEOPLE v. CHRISTIAN

Nos. 162354, 162355, and 162374.

987 N.W.2d 29 (2022)

510 Mich. 52

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kino Dominique CHRISTIAN, Defendant-Appellant. People of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joshun Edwards, Defendant-Appellant. People of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. C'Quan Michael Hinton, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 27, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dana Nessel , Attorney General, Fadwa A. Hammoud , Solicitor General, David S. Leyton , Prosecuting Attorney, and Michael A. Tesner and Alena M. Clark , Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for the people.

Mary A. Owens , Grand Rapids, for Kino D. Christian.

Goodman Sheikh, PC (by Richard J. Goodman ) for Joshun Edwards.

Michigan Clinical Law Program (by Kimberly Thomas ) for C'Quan M. Hinton.

Dykema Gossett PLLC, Arm Arbor (by Jill M. Wheaton ) for The Innocence Network, amicus curiae

BEFORE THE ENTIRE BENCH.


OPINION

One of the foundational principles of our criminal legal system is that the state cannot keep evidence from the accused— especially exculpatory evidence. The United States Supreme Court said so long ago in Brady v Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L Ed 2d 215...

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