Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
July 18, 2012 Robert P. Young, Jr.,
Chief Justice
145142 & (51) Michael F. Cavanagh
Marilyn Kelly
Stephen J. Markman
Diane M. Hathaway
Mary Beth Kelly
Brian K. Zahra,
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Justices
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v SC: 145142
COA: 302335
Oakland CC: 2008-221029-FH
BRIAN JAMES VEILLEUX,
Defendant-Appellant.
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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the March 29, 2012
judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered. We direct the Clerk to schedule oral
argument on whether to grant the application or take other action. MCR 7.302(H)(1). At
oral argument, the parties shall address: (1) whether sentences imposed after a finding of
criminal contempt must be served consecutively under MCL 768.7a; and (2) whether a
court may hold a person in contempt multiple times for each contemptuous act in a
continuous course of conduct. The parties may file supplemental briefs within 42 days of
the date of this order, but they should not submit mere restatements of their application
papers.
The motion to stay the execution of the defendant’s contempt sentences pending
appeal is GRANTED. We further ORDER the Oakland Circuit Court to determine
whether any recording of the defendant’s contemptuous behavior exists, and if so, to
provide a copy of that record to this Court.
I, Corbin R. Davis, Clerk of the Michigan Supreme Court, certify that the
foregoing is a true and complete copy of the order entered at the direction of the Court.
July 18, 2012 _________________________________________
p0717 Clerk