CASE PREVIEW · Michigan Court of Appeals
People v Brown
Inappropriate sentencing remarks without penalty for refusing to admit guilt; plain-view phone seizure
Decided
The citation
People v Brown, ___ Mich App ___, ___; ___ NW3d ___ (2026) (Docket No. 369529); slip op at 11
From the case summary
Defendant struck and killed 13-year-old DH and left the scene. An anonymous tip and surveillance video led police to his home, where he said he was driving a matching Chevy S-10; officers seized a cell phone from his bedroom and later searched it under a…
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