Michigan Supreme Court· 7/23/2015

People v. Cain

Citations

498 Mich. 108
869 N.W.2d 829
2015 Mich. LEXIS 1636

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holding that the trial court’s failure to properly swear in a jury, which violated a court rule, did not require reversal under the plain-error standard
explaining that courts generally “will not reach constitutional issues that are not necessary to resolve a case”
explaining that courts generally “will not reach constitutional issues that are not necessary to resolve a case”
explaining that an issue is unpreserved for appeal if the appellant failed to timely raise the issue in the trial court
explaining that an issue is unpreserved for appeal if the appellant did not timely raise the issue in 3 King, unpub order. -6- the trial court
listing “defective reasonable-doubt instructions” among the errors that have been deemed to be structural

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Judges: Young, Kelly, Zahra, Bernstein, Markman, McCormack, Viviano

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