Opinion
No. 126477.
January 21, 2005.
SC: 126477, COA: 243042.
Orders Granting Oral Argument in Cases Pending on Application for Leave to Appeal
Pursuant to MCR 7.302(G)(l), the clerk is to schedule oral argument on whether to grant the application or take other peremptory action permitted by MCR 7.302(G)(1). The parties shall include among the issues to be addressed whether the Wayne Circuit Court abused its discretion in denying defendant's request for a continuance. Defendant may request appointment of counsel by filing, within 21 days from the date of this order, an affidavit concerning his present financial status with the Wayne Circuit Court. In accordance with Administrative Order No. 2003-3, the Wayne Circuit Court shall determine whether defendant is indigent, and, if so, appoint counsel to represent defendant in this Court. The Wayne Circuit Court remains free to consider appointing former counsel who represented defendant in the Court of Appeals. If counsel is appointed to represent defendant, or if the Wayne Circuit Court determines that defendant does not lack the financial means to retain counsel, the parties may file supplemental briefs within 35 days from the date of the Wayne Circuit Court's order. If defendant does not file an affidavit concerning his present financial status within 21 days from the date of this order, the parties may file supplemental briefs within 56 days from the date of this order.