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The Forgotten Civil Right: Jury Nullification
Attorney Bruce Block wants to help you. He knows what it takes to keep you out of jail.
In 28 years of practicing criminal law I have not seen a person charged under the Michigan rioting statute. This law is no joke. MCL 752.541 provides "It is unlawful and constitutes the crime of riot for 5 or more persons, acting in concert, to wrongfully engage in violent conduct and thereby intentionally or recklessly cause or create a serious risk of causing public terror or alarm."
It is just as unlawful for a person to engage in conduct that urges other persons to burn or destroy property or interfere with a police officer in performance of their duties. Violation is a 10-year felony. Just congregating with 4 or more people with the intent to riot is a 5-year felony. Serious consequences. Although I have not seen this type of criminal charge used before, I can put my my 28+ years of criminal defense experience, including numerous jury trials, to work for you. If you have been charged -- call my office
WOODTV.COM
2nd person charged in downtown Grand Rapids riot
https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/whitmer-signs-clean-slate-michigan-allowing-automatic-felony-expungement
FINALLY. Michigan and Florida used to be the stingiest states in the Union for expungement of criminal offenses. This is a good thing for Michigan. My office will be reading and digesting the 8 separate bills and in a few weeks we will be ready to help people figure out if their charge will be automatically expunged or if they need to file a petition to expunge. We can help if a petition to expunge is necessary.
BRIDGEMI.COM
Whitmer signs Clean Slate Michigan, allowing automatic felony expungement
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/02/michigan-supreme-court-strikes-down-gretchen-whitmers-emergency-powers/5863340002/
Glad to see separation of powers still works even during difficult times.
DETROITNEWS.COM
State Supreme Court strikes down Whitmer's emergency powers
The Michigan Senate passed a bill on 12-10-2020 that would allow first time OWI or DUI offenders to expunge a single conviction five years after the person completes probation. All I can say is: FINALLY! The Senate Bill would only allow someone with a single drunk driving conviction. Those with OWI 2nd and OWI 3rd would NOT be allowed to expunge them. This is a step in the right direction, as we are all human and can make a mistake. The Michigan House and Governor will still have to sign off on this Bill before it would become law.
