CASE PREVIEW · Michigan Court of Appeals

People v Fitch, Jr

Exclusion of unexplained crash-data-recorder report offered through unqualified officer; causation; OV scoring

Decided

The citation

People v Fitch, Jr, unpublished per curiam opinion of the Court of Appeals, issued October 23, 2026 (Docket No. 373732), pp 5-6

From the case summary

Defendant, stopped in Ohio and found to have outstanding felony warrants, fled, leading police on a 53-minute chase into Monroe County. After stop sticks disabled his tires, he took a sharp turn at 50 mph in a 30-mph zone, lost control, and hit a lamppost,…

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