HB-5135, As Passed House, October 12, 2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL No. 5135

 

September 7, 2005, Introduced by Rep. Van Regenmorter and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     A bill to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled

 

"The code of criminal procedure,"

 

by amending sections 12, 13, and 20a of chapter VIII, sections 10,

 

11, and 12 of chapter IX, and section 3 of chapter XI (MCL 768.12,

 

768.13, 768.20a, 769.10, 769.11, 769.12, and 771.3), section 20a of

 

chapter VIII as amended by 1983 PA 42, sections 10, 11, and 12 of

 

chapter IX as amended by 1998 PA 317, and section 3 of chapter XI

 

as amended by 2004 PA 330; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

                             CHAPTER VIII

 

     Sec. 12. (1)  Any  A person who is put on trial for an offense  

 

which  that is not punishable by death or life imprisonment shall

 


be allowed to challenge peremptorily 5 of the persons drawn to

 

serve as jurors.  and no more; and the prosecuting officers on

 

behalf of the people shall be allowed to challenge peremptorily in

 

such cases 5 of such jurors and no more.  In  cases  a case

 

involving 2 or more defendants who are being jointly tried for  

 

such  an offense that is not punishable by death or life

 

imprisonment, each of  said  the defendants shall be allowed to

 

challenge peremptorily 5 persons returned as jurors.  and no more;

 

and the  The prosecuting officers on behalf of the people shall be

 

allowed to challenge 5 jurors peremptorily  as many times 5 of the

 

persons returned as jurors as there may be defendants being so

 

jointly tried.  if a defendant is being tried alone or, if

 

defendants are tried jointly, shall be allowed the total number of

 

peremptory challenges to which all the defendants are entitled.

 

     (2) On motion and a showing of good cause, the court may grant

 

1 or more of the parties an increased number of peremptory

 

challenges. The number of additional peremptory challenges the

 

court grants may cause the various parties to have unequal numbers

 

of peremptory challenges.

 

     Sec. 13. (1)  Any  A person who is  put on trial  being tried

 

alone for an offense punishable by death or imprisonment for life,

 

shall be allowed to challenge peremptorily  20  12 of the persons

 

drawn to serve as jurors.  , and no more; and the prosecuting

 

officers on behalf of the people shall be allowed to challenge

 

peremptorily 15 of such persons, and no more. In cases involving 2

 

or more defendants, who are being jointly tried for such an

 

offense, each of said defendants shall be allowed to challenge

 


peremptorily 20 persons returned as jurors, and no more; and the

 

prosecuting officers on behalf of the people shall be allowed to

 

challenge peremptorily as many times 15 of the persons returned as

 

jurors as there may be defendants being so jointly tried.  In a

 

case punishable by death or imprisonment for life that involves 2

 

or more defendants, a defendant shall be allowed the following

 

number of peremptory challenges:

 

     (a) Two defendants – 10 each.

 

     (b) Three defendants – 9 each.

 

     (c) Four defendants – 8 each.

 

     (d) Five or more defendants – 7 each.

 

     (2) In a case punishable by death or imprisonment for life,

 

the prosecuting officers on behalf of the people shall be allowed

 

to challenge peremptorily 12 jurors if a defendant is being tried

 

alone or, if defendants are tried jointly, shall be allowed the

 

total number of peremptory challenges to which all the defendants

 

are entitled.

 

     (3) On motion and a showing of good cause, the court may grant

 

1 or more of the parties an increased number of peremptory

 

challenges. The number of additional peremptory challenges the

 

court grants may cause the various parties to have unequal numbers

 

of peremptory challenges.

 

     Sec. 20a. (1)  If a defendant in a felony case proposes to

 

offer in his or her defense testimony to establish his or her

 

insanity at the time of an alleged offense, the defendant shall

 

file and serve upon the court and the prosecuting attorney a notice

 

in writing of his or her intention to assert the defense of

 


insanity not less than 30 days before the date set for the trial of

 

the case, or at such other time as the court directs.

 

     (2) Upon receipt of a notice of an intention to assert the

 

defense of insanity, a court shall order the defendant to undergo

 

an examination relating to his or her claim of insanity by

 

personnel of the center for forensic psychiatry or by other

 

qualified personnel, as applicable, for a period not to exceed 60

 

days from the date of the order. When the defendant is to be held

 

in jail pending trial, the center or the other qualified personnel

 

may perform the examination in the jail, or may notify the sheriff

 

to transport the defendant to the center or facility used by the

 

qualified personnel for the examination, and the sheriff shall

 

return the defendant to the jail upon completion of the

 

examination. When the defendant is at liberty pending trial, on

 

bail or otherwise, the defendant shall make himself or herself

 

available for the examination at the place and time established by

 

the center or the other qualified personnel. If the defendant,

 

after being notified of the place and time of the examination,

 

fails to make himself or herself available for the examination, the

 

court may, without a hearing, order his or her commitment to the

 

center.

 

     (3) The defendant may, at his or her own expense,  or if

 

indigent, at the expense of the county,  secure an independent

 

psychiatric evaluation by a clinician of his or her choice on the

 

issue of his or her insanity at the time the alleged offense was

 

committed. If the defendant is indigent, the court may, upon

 

showing of good cause, order that the county pay for an independent

 


psychiatric evaluation. The defendant shall notify the prosecuting

 

attorney at least 5 days before the day scheduled for the

 

independent evaluation that he or she intends to secure such an

 

evaluation. The prosecuting attorney may similarly obtain

 

independent psychiatric evaluation. A clinician secured by an

 

indigent defendant  shall be  is entitled to receive a reasonable

 

fee as approved by the court.

 

     (4) The defendant shall fully cooperate in his or her

 

examination by personnel of the center for forensic psychiatry or

 

by other qualified personnel, and by any other independent

 

examiners for the defense and prosecution. If he or she fails to

 

cooperate, and that failure is established to the satisfaction of

 

the court at a hearing prior to trial, the defendant shall be

 

barred from presenting testimony relating to his or her insanity at

 

the trial of the case.

 

     (5) Statements made by the defendant to personnel of the

 

center for forensic psychiatry, to other qualified personnel, or to

 

any independent examiner during an examination shall not be

 

admissible or have probative value in court at the trial of the

 

case on any issues other than his or her mental illness or insanity

 

at the time of the alleged offense.

 

     (6) Upon conclusion of the examination, the center for

 

forensic psychiatry or the other qualified personnel, and any

 

independent examiner, shall prepare a written report and shall

 

submit the report to the prosecuting attorney and defense counsel.

 

The report shall contain:

 

     (a) The clinical findings of the center, the qualified

 


personnel, or any independent examiner.

 

     (b) The facts, in reasonable detail, upon which the findings

 

were based.

 

     (c) The opinion of the center or qualified personnel, and the

 

independent examiner on the issue of the defendant's insanity at

 

the time the alleged offense was committed and whether the

 

defendant was mentally ill or mentally retarded at the time the

 

alleged offense was committed.

 

     (7) Within 10 days after the receipt of the report from the

 

center for forensic psychiatry or from the qualified personnel, or

 

within 10 days after the receipt of the report of an independent

 

examiner secured by the prosecution, whichever occurs later, but

 

not later than 5 days before the trial of the case, or at  such

 

other  another time  as  the court directs, the prosecuting

 

attorney shall file and serve upon the defendant a notice of

 

rebuttal of the defense of insanity which shall contain the names

 

of the witnesses whom the prosecuting attorney proposes to call in

 

rebuttal.

 

     (8) The report of the center for forensic psychiatry, the

 

qualified personnel, or any independent examiner may be admissible

 

in evidence upon the stipulation of the prosecution and defense.

 

     (9) As used in this section, "qualified personnel" means  

 

either of the following:

 

     (a) Personnel  personnel meeting standards determined by the

 

department of  mental  community health under rules promulgated

 

pursuant to  Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being sections

 

24.301 to 24.315 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

 


     (b) Until the rules to which subdivision (a) refers, excluding

 

emergency rules, are in effect, personnel of the psychiatric clinic

 

of the recorder's court of the city of Detroit.  the administrative

 

procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.

 

                              CHAPTER IX

 

     Sec. 10. (1)  If a person has been convicted of a felony or an

 

attempt to commit a felony, whether the conviction occurred in this

 

state or would have been for a felony or attempt to commit a felony

 

in this state if obtained in this state, and that person commits a

 

subsequent felony within this state, the person shall be punished

 

upon conviction of the subsequent felony and sentencing under

 

section 13 of this chapter as follows:

 

     (a) If the subsequent felony is punishable upon a first

 

conviction by imprisonment for a term less than life, the court,

 

except as otherwise provided in this section or section 1 of

 

chapter XI, may place the person on probation or sentence the

 

person to imprisonment for a maximum term that is not more than 1-

 

1/2 times the longest term prescribed for a first conviction of

 

that offense or for a lesser term.

 

     (b) If the subsequent felony is punishable upon a first

 

conviction by imprisonment for life, the court, except as otherwise

 

provided in this section or section 1 of chapter XI, may place the

 

person on probation or sentence the person to imprisonment for life

 

or for a lesser term.

 

     (c) If the subsequent felony is a major controlled substance

 

offense, the person shall be punished as provided by part 74 of the

 

public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.7401 to 333.7461.

 


     (2) If the court pursuant to this section imposes a sentence

 

of imprisonment for any term of years, the court shall fix the

 

length of both the minimum and maximum sentence within any

 

specified limits in terms of years or a fraction of a year and the

 

sentence so imposed shall be considered an indeterminate sentence.

 

The court shall not fix a maximum sentence that is less than the

 

maximum term for a first conviction.

 

     (3) A conviction shall not be used to enhance a sentence under

 

this section if that conviction is used to enhance a sentence under

 

a statute that prohibits use of the conviction for further

 

enhancement under this section.

 

     Sec. 11. (1)  If a person has been convicted of any

 

combination of 2 or more felonies or attempts to commit felonies,

 

whether the convictions occurred in this state or would have been

 

for felonies or attempts to commit felonies in this state if

 

obtained in this state, and that person commits a subsequent felony

 

within this state, the person shall be punished upon conviction of

 

the subsequent felony and sentencing under section 13 of this

 

chapter as follows:

 

     (a) If the subsequent felony is punishable upon a first

 

conviction by imprisonment for a term less than life, the court,

 

except as otherwise provided in this section or section 1 of

 

chapter XI, may sentence the person to imprisonment for a maximum

 

term that is not more than twice the longest term prescribed by law

 

for a first conviction of that offense or for a lesser term.

 

     (b) If the subsequent felony is punishable upon a first

 

conviction by imprisonment for life, the court, except as otherwise

 


provided in this section or section 1 of chapter XI, may sentence

 

the person to imprisonment for life or for a lesser term.

 

     (c) If the subsequent felony is a major controlled substance

 

offense, the person shall be punished as provided by part 74 of the

 

public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.7401 to 333.7461.

 

     (2) If the court pursuant to this section imposes a sentence

 

of imprisonment for any term of years, the court shall fix the

 

length of both the minimum and maximum sentence within any

 

specified limits in terms of years or a fraction of a year, and the

 

sentence so imposed shall be considered an indeterminate sentence.

 

The court shall not fix a maximum sentence that is less than the

 

maximum term for a first conviction.

 

     (3) A conviction shall not be used to enhance a sentence under

 

this section if that conviction is used to enhance a sentence under

 

a statute that prohibits use of the conviction for further

 

enhancement under this section.

 

     Sec. 12. (1)  If a person has been convicted of any

 

combination of 3 or more felonies or attempts to commit felonies,

 

whether the convictions occurred in this state or would have been

 

for felonies or attempts to commit felonies in this state if

 

obtained in this state, and that person commits a subsequent felony

 

within this state, the person shall be punished upon conviction of

 

the subsequent felony and sentencing under section 13 of this

 

chapter as follows:

 

     (a) If the subsequent felony is punishable upon a first

 

conviction by imprisonment for a maximum term of 5 years or more or

 

for life, the court, except as otherwise provided in this section

 


or section 1 of chapter XI, may sentence the person to imprisonment

 

for life or for a lesser term.

 

     (b) If the subsequent felony is punishable upon a first

 

conviction by imprisonment for a maximum term that is less than 5

 

years, the court, except as otherwise provided in this section or

 

section 1 of chapter XI, may sentence the person to imprisonment

 

for a maximum term of not more than 15 years.

 

     (c) If the subsequent felony is a major controlled substance

 

offense, the person shall be punished as provided by part 74 of the

 

public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.7401 to 333.7461.

 

     (2) If the court pursuant to this section imposes a sentence

 

of imprisonment for any term of years, the court shall fix the

 

length of both the minimum and maximum sentence within any

 

specified limits in terms of years or a fraction of a year, and the

 

sentence so imposed shall be considered an indeterminate sentence.

 

The court shall not fix a maximum sentence that is less than the

 

maximum term for a first conviction.

 

     (3) A conviction shall not be used to enhance a sentence under

 

this section if that conviction is used to enhance a sentence under

 

a statute that prohibits use of the conviction for further

 

enhancement under this section.

 

     (4) An offender sentenced under this section or section 10 or

 

11 of this chapter for an offense other than a major controlled

 

substance offense is not eligible for parole until expiration of

 

the following:

 

     (a) For a prisoner other than a prisoner subject to

 

disciplinary time, the minimum term fixed by the sentencing judge

 


at the time of sentence unless the sentencing judge or a successor

 

gives written approval for parole at an earlier date authorized by

 

law.

 

     (b) For a prisoner subject to disciplinary time, the minimum

 

term fixed by the sentencing judge.

 

     (5) This section and sections 10 and 11 of this chapter are

 

not in derogation of other provisions of law that permit or direct

 

the imposition of a consecutive sentence for a subsequent felony.

 

     (6) As used in this section, "prisoner subject to disciplinary

 

time" means that term as defined in section 34 of 1893 PA 118, MCL

 

800.34.

 

                              CHAPTER XI

 

     Sec. 3. (1) The sentence of probation shall include all of the

 

following conditions:

 

     (a) During the term of his or her probation, the probationer

 

shall not violate any criminal law of this state, the United

 

States, or another state or any ordinance of any municipality in

 

this state or another state.

 

     (b) During the term of his or her probation, the probationer

 

shall not leave the state without the consent of the court granting

 

his or her application for probation.

 

     (c) The probationer shall report to the probation officer,

 

either in person or in writing, monthly or as often as the

 

probation officer requires. This subdivision does not apply to a

 

juvenile placed on probation and committed under section 1(3) or

 

(4) of chapter IX to an institution or agency described in the

 

youth rehabilitation services act, 1974 PA 150, MCL 803.301 to

 


803.309.

 

     (d) If sentenced in circuit court, the probationer shall pay a

 

probation supervision fee as prescribed in section 3c of this

 

chapter.

 

     (e) The probationer shall pay restitution to the victim of the

 

defendant's course of conduct giving rise to the conviction or to

 

the victim's estate as provided in chapter IX. An order for payment

 

of restitution may be modified and shall be enforced as provided in

 

chapter IX.

 

     (f) The probationer shall pay an assessment ordered under

 

section 5 of 1989 PA 196, MCL 780.905.

 

     (g) The probationer shall pay the minimum state cost

 

prescribed by section 1j of chapter IX.

 

     (h) If the probationer is required to be registered under the

 

sex offenders registration act, 1994 PA 295, MCL 28.721 to 28.732,

 

the probationer shall comply with that act.

 

     (2) As a condition of probation, the court may require the

 

probationer to do 1 or more of the following:

 

     (a) Be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than 12

 

months, at the time or intervals, which may be consecutive or

 

nonconsecutive, within the probation as the court determines.

 

However, the period of confinement shall not exceed the maximum

 

period of imprisonment provided for the offense charged if the

 

maximum period is less than 12 months. The court may permit day

 

parole as authorized under 1962 PA 60, MCL 801.251 to 801.258. The

 

court may permit a work or school release from jail. This

 

subdivision does not apply to a juvenile placed on probation and

 


committed under section 1(3) or (4) of chapter IX to an institution

 

or agency described in the youth rehabilitation services act, 1974

 

PA 150, MCL 803.301 to 803.309.

 

     (b) Pay immediately or within the period of his or her

 

probation a fine imposed when placed on probation.

 

     (c) Pay costs pursuant to subsection (5).

 

     (d) Pay any assessment ordered by the court other than an

 

assessment described in subsection (1)(f).

 

     (e) Engage in community service.

 

     (f) Agree to pay by wage assignment any restitution,

 

assessment, fine, or cost imposed by the court.

 

     (g) Participate in inpatient or outpatient drug treatment or,

 

beginning January 1, 2005, participate in a drug treatment court

 

under chapter 10A of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA

 

236, MCL 600.1060 to 600.1082.

 

     (h) Participate in mental health treatment.

 

     (i) Participate in mental health or substance abuse

 

counseling.

 

     (j) Participate in a community corrections program.

 

     (k) Be under house arrest.

 

     (l) Be subject to electronic monitoring.

 

     (m) Participate in a residential probation program.

 

     (n) Satisfactorily complete a program of incarceration in a

 

special alternative incarceration unit as provided in section 3b of

 

this chapter.

 

     (o) Be subject to conditions reasonably necessary for the

 

protection of 1 or more named persons.

 


     (p) Reimburse the county for expenses incurred by the county

 

in connection with the conviction for which probation was ordered

 

as provided in the prisoner reimbursement to the county act, 1984

 

PA 118, MCL 801.81 to 801.93.

 

     (q) Complete his or her high school education or obtain the

 

equivalency of a high school education in the form of a general

 

education development (GED) certificate.

 

     (3) The court may impose other lawful conditions of probation

 

as the circumstances of the case require or warrant or as in its

 

judgment are proper.

 

     (4) If an order or amended order of probation contains a

 

condition for the protection of 1 or more named persons as provided

 

in subsection (2)(o), the court or a law enforcement agency within

 

the court's jurisdiction shall enter the order or amended order

 

into the law enforcement information network. If the court rescinds

 

the order or amended order or the condition, the court shall remove

 

the order or amended order or the condition from the law

 

enforcement information network or notify that law enforcement

 

agency and the law enforcement agency shall remove the order or

 

amended order or the condition from the law enforcement information

 

network.

 

     (5) If the court requires the probationer to pay costs under

 

subsection (2), the costs shall be limited to expenses specifically

 

incurred in prosecuting the defendant or providing legal assistance

 

to the defendant and supervision of the probationer.

 

     (6) If the court imposes costs under subsection (2) as part of

 

a sentence of probation, all of the following apply:

 


     (a) The court shall not require a probationer to pay costs

 

under subsection (2) unless the probationer is or will be able to

 

pay them during the term of probation. In determining the amount

 

and method of payment of costs under subsection (2), the court

 

shall take into account the probationer's financial resources and

 

the nature of the burden that payment of costs will impose, with

 

due regard to his or her other obligations.

 

     (b) A probationer who is required to pay costs under

 

subsection (1)(g) or (2)(c) and who is not in willful default of

 

the payment of the costs may petition the sentencing judge or his

 

or her successor at any time for a remission of the payment of any

 

unpaid portion of those costs. If the court determines that payment

 

of the amount due will impose a manifest hardship on the

 

probationer or his or her immediate family, the court may remit all

 

or part of the amount due in costs or modify the method of payment.

 

     (7) If a probationer is required to pay costs as part of a

 

sentence of probation, the court may require payment to be made

 

immediately or the court may provide for payment to be made within

 

a specified period of time or in specified installments.

 

     (8) If a probationer is ordered to pay costs as part of a

 

sentence of probation, compliance with that order shall be a

 

condition of probation. The court may revoke probation if the

 

probationer fails to comply with the order and if the probationer

 

has not made a good faith effort to comply with the order. In

 

determining whether to revoke probation, the court shall consider

 

the probationer's employment status, earning ability, and financial

 

resources, the willfulness of the probationer's failure to pay, and

 


any other special circumstances that may have a bearing on the

 

probationer's ability to pay. The proceedings provided for in this

 

subsection are in addition to those provided in section 4 of this

 

chapter.

 

     (9) If  sentencing  entry of judgment is deferred in the

 

circuit court, the court shall require the individual to pay a

 

supervision fee in the same manner as is prescribed for a delayed

 

sentence under section 1(3) of this chapter, shall require the

 

individual to pay the minimum state costs prescribed by section 1j

 

of chapter IX, and may impose, as applicable, the conditions of

 

probation described in subsections (1), (2), and (3).

 

     (10) If sentencing is delayed or entry of judgment is deferred

 

in the district court or in a municipal court, the court shall

 

require the individual to pay the minimum state costs prescribed by

 

section 1j of chapter IX and may impose, as applicable, the

 

conditions of probation described in subsections (1), (2), and (3).

 

     Enacting section 1.  Section 3a of chapter X of the code of

 

criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 770.3a, is repealed.