Opinion
Nos. 129152, 129154.
November 10, 2005.
Orders Granting Oral Argument in Cases Pending on Application for Leave to Appeal.
SC: 129152, 129154, COA: 247718, 247719.
Pursuant to MCR 7.302(G)(1), we direct the clerk to schedule oral argument on whether to grant the applications or take other peremptory action permitted by MCR 7.302(G)(1). The parties shall include among the issues to be addressed at oral argument whether the offers of proof by defendant Key and by defendant Pipes that they were going to testify constitutes a waiver of the right to claim a confrontation error. The parties may file supplemental briefs within 28 days of the date of this order, but they should avoid submitting mere restatements of the arguments made in their application papers. We note that attorney Jonathan B.D. Simon is presently representing defendant Key in this Court. We direct attorney Daniel J. Rust, who represented defendant Pipes in the Court of Appeals, to represent defendant in this Court pursuant to MCR 6.425(F)(1)(c)(iv).