Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
April 24, 2009 Marilyn Kelly,
Chief Justice
Michael F. Cavanagh
Elizabeth A. Weaver
137755 Maura D. Corrigan
Robert P. Young, Jr.
Stephen J. Markman
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Diane M. Hathaway,
Plaintiff-Appellee, Justices
v SC: 137755
COA: 278826
Wayne CC: 06-010137
GEORGE WALTER TENNYSON,
Defendant-Appellant.
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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the October 16, 2008
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 peremptory action. MCR
7.302(G)(1). We ORDER the Wayne Circuit Court, in accordance with Administrative
Order 2003-03, to promptly determine whether the defendant is indigent and, if so, to
immediately appoint Julie E. Gilfix, if feasible, to represent the defendant in this Court.
If this appointment is not feasible, the trial court shall, within the same time frame,
appoint other counsel to represent the defendant in this Court. At oral argument, the
parties shall address whether evidence that a child was present in the home when the
defendant was in possession of concealed drugs and weapons is legally sufficient to
support the defendant’s conviction for doing an act that tended to cause a child to become
neglected or delinquent so as to tend to come under the jurisdiction of the juvenile
division of the probate court. MCL 750.145. The parties may file supplemental briefs
within 42 days of the appointment of appellate defense counsel, but they should not
submit mere restatements of their application papers.
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.
April 24, 2009 _________________________________________
d0421 Clerk