Aggressive Criminal Defense Blog

In People v Minch, the Michigan Supreme court created a new rule that will be important to felons who own guns which were lawfully seized by police during the investigation of their case.  In this Muskegon County case, Mr. Minch was in lawful possession of 86 firearms at his home in the Fruitport area.  At […]

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder recently signed into law a bill referred to as “VO-4,” or the “Four Strikes Law.” The law allows for certain repeat felony offenders in Michigan to be sentenced to a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years in prison. Governor Snyder said, “By holding chronic offenders accountable we can keep our communities safe, […]

Last month I spoke of the prosecutor’s discretion to charge a case.  This month I would like to discuss the process of plea bargaining.  No one will admit it on the record, but the criminal justice system is simply not set up to have every case go to trial.  Each judge may have hundreds of […]

In general, the prosecutor’s office receives its cases from the various police departments within its jurisdiction. The police receive a complaint from a citizen and are put into action to investigate. Sometimes it requires an immediate response, such as an armed robbery in progress. Other times a citizen may report an incident that occurred months […]

As a Michigan criminal defense attorney, I hear about some of the latest designer drugs that are out on the streets. One such designer drug is called “bath salts.” Generally, people who hear that term imagine the fragrant granules that are used for bubble baths. However, the bath salts drug is different than that. It […]

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has announced his plan to help “reinvent public safety in Michigan.” Highlights of that plan include the addition of approximately 200 Michigan State Troopers to the force and approximately 20 state crime lab forensic scientists. The plan asks for more money to be available for the creation of special treatment courts, […]

Previously, The Kronzek Firm wrote about the immigration consequences  of a criminal conviction. In that blog entry, we discussed the fact that non-US citizens may be deported after a guilty plea or a finding of guilt for certain crimes. A landmark United States Supreme Court case called Padilla v. Kentucky held that defense attorneys have […]

Confusing Law Being Defined By Michigan Supreme Court Since the moment Michigan voters passed the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act in 2008, it has been known as a confusing and unclear law. When a statute is not specific, judges must rely on their own wisdom and understanding. That is why some medical marijuana cases have been […]

The Michigan Court of Appeals recently decided the case of People v. Koon. In the case, the defendant was a medical marijuana patient who was stopped by the police while driving. A blood test determined that he had active THC in his body. He was charged with Operating With the Presence of Drugs (OWPD), a […]

Stories about teachers having sex with students are plentiful in the news. In many states, most instances of sex between a teacher or administrator and a student are illegal. In Michigan, teachers accused of having sexual relationships with students are often charged under Michigan’s criminal sexual conduct (CSC) laws. The consent of the student is […]