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IN RE PEOPLE v. BURTON

Docket No. 78267, (Calendar No. 2).

429 Mich. 133 (1987)

413 N.W.2d 413

In re PEOPLE v. BURTON BURTON v. WAYNE COUNTY PROSECUTOR

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided October 6, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, John D. O'Hair, Prosecuting Attorney, Timothy A. Baughman, Chief, Criminal Division, Research, Training and Appeals, and Jan J. Raven, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the plaintiff.

Daniel J. Blank for the defendant.

Amicus Curiae:

State Appellate Defender (by Dawn Van Hoek).

ARCHER, J.

In this case, we must decide whether the Court of Appeals erred in granting an order of superintending control reversing the trial court's order granting a new trial in a criminal case.

We hold that the Court of Appeals lacked jurisdiction to invoke its extraordinary power to issue an order of superintending control in this case; therefore, the Court of Appeals erred in reversing the trial court's order granting a new trial.

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