People of Michigan v. Daniel Horacek ( 2014 )

Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
October 1, 2014 Robert P. Young, Jr.,
Chief Justice
147981 & (18) Michael F. Cavanagh
Stephen J. Markman
Mary Beth Kelly
Brian K. Zahra
Bridget M. McCormack
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, David F. Viviano,
Plaintiff-Appellee, Justices
v SC: 147981
COA: 317527
Oakland CC: 2012-241894-FH
DANIEL HORACEK,
Defendant-Appellant.
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By order of March 28, 2014, the prosecuting attorney was directed to answer the
application for leave to appeal the September 12, 2013 order of the Court of Appeals. On
order of the Court, the answer having been received, the application for leave to appeal is
again considered and, pursuant to MCR 7.302(H)(1), in lieu of granting leave to appeal,
we REMAND this case to the Court of Appeals for consideration, as on leave granted, of
whether the defendant’s warrantless arrest violated his Fourth Amendment rights. If it
did, then the Court of Appeals should consider: (1) whether the Oakland Circuit Court
and the prosecutor consented, tacitly or otherwise, to entry of the defendant’s nolo
contendere plea to unarmed robbery, conditioned on the defendant’s ability to challenge
on appeal the trial court’s denial of his motions to suppress the evidence and to quash the
bindover, see MCR 6.301(C)(2); (2) whether the defendant is entitled to withdraw his
plea pursuant to MCR 6.301(C)(2); and (3) whether the defendant’s entitlement to relief
is impacted by the prosecutor’s statement at the plea hearing that any Fourth Amendment
violation would be harmless beyond a reasonable doubt because there was sufficient
untainted evidence to prosecute the defendant, see People v Reid, 420 Mich 326, 337
(1984). In all other respects, leave to appeal is DENIED, because we are not persuaded
that the remaining questions presented should be reviewed by this Court.
I, Larry S. Royster, Clerk of the Michigan Supreme Court, certify that the
foregoing is a true and complete copy of the order entered at the direction of the Court.
October 1, 2014
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Clerk