DocketNumber： 144036
Filed Date： 12/21/2011
Status： Precedential
Modified Date： 10/30/2014
Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan December 21, 2011 Robert P. Young, Jr., Chief Justice 144036 & (51) Michael F. Cavanagh Marilyn Kelly Stephen J. Markman Diane M. Hathaway Mary Beth Kelly PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Brian K. Zahra, Plaintiff-Appellant, Justices v SC: 144036 COA: 302181 Washtenaw CC: 10-001573-AR TERRY NUNLEY, Defendant-Appellee, and ATTORNEY GENERAL, Intervenor. _________________________________________/ On order of the Court, the Attorney General’s motion to enlarge the record on appeal is GRANTED. The application for leave to appeal the October 13, 2011 judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered, and it is GRANTED. The parties shall address whether the Court of Appeals erred when it held that the Department of State certificate of mailing is testimonial in nature and thus that its admission, without accompanying witness testimony, would violate the Confrontation Clause. See Crawford v Washington,541 US 36
;124 S Ct 1354
;158 L Ed 2d 177
(2004); Melendez-Diaz v Massachusetts, 557 US __;129 S Ct 2527
;174 L Ed 2d 314
(2009); and Bullcoming v New Mexico, 564 US __;131 S Ct 2705
;180 L Ed 2d 610
(2011). The Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan and the Prosecuting Attorneys Association 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. I, Corbin R. Davis, 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. December 21, 2011 _________________________________________ p1214 Clerk