MSC: Betts Applies Retroactively To Convicted Sex Offenders On Collateral Review
A unanimous Michigan Supreme Court has ruled in People v Shaver that its 2021 decision in People v Betts applies retroactively, thereby giving certain convicted sex offenders the opportunity to have their adjudications reviewed.
Michigan's SORA labeled "Byzantine Code" by the 6th Circuit
In a recent opinion, the US Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit declared recent amendments to Michigan's SORA to be ex post facto law.