Opinion
SC: 160469-71 COA: 342394, 342395, 342396
06-17-2022
PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Anthony Joseph VEACH, Defendant-Appellant.
Order
By order of January 20, 2021, the application for leave to appeal the October 15, 2019 judgment of the Court of Appeals was held in abeyance pending the decision in People v Davis (Docket No. 161396). On order of the Court, the case having been decided on March 14, 2022, ––– Mich ––––, ––– N.W.2d ––––, 2022 WL 779132 (2022), the application is again considered. We direct the Clerk to schedule oral argument on the application. MCR 7.305(H)(1). The parties shall address: (1) whether the Macomb Circuit Court relied on its pretrial courtroom closures or the defendant's failure to object to those closures to justify closing the courtroom for the defendant's trial and, if so, whether that reliance was erroneous; (2) whether the closure of the courtroom during the defendant's trial was a partial or total courtroom closure and whether this issue affects the defendant's claim of error; and (3) what remedy, if any, is available to the defendant, if constitutional or statutory error occurred.
The Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan and the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan are invited to file briefs amicus curiae. Other persons or groups interested in the determination of the issues presented in this case may move the Court for permission to file briefs amicus curiae.