# People v. Coones

> Michigan Court of Appeals · July 12, 1996 · 216 Mich. App. 721

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9671445

## Case

- **Full name:** People v. Coones
- **Court:** Michigan Court of Appeals
- **Decided:** July 12, 1996
- **Citations:** 216 Mich. App. 721; 550 N.W.2d 600
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by O'Connell
- **Judges:** O'Connell, Bandstra, Batzer
- **Cited by:** 15 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- explaining the trial judge “did not participate as the initial factfinder or decisionmaker” merely because he was involved in “pretrial proceedings in the instant criminal case”

## Opinion text

O’Connell, P.J
(concurring). I agree that the trial judge abused his discretion in removing defense counsel and substituting new counsel. I also agree that the defendant was prejudiced by removal of his counsel. I find it unnecessary to determine if the harmless-error doctrine applies when the defendant has shown actual prejudice. I concur in the balance of the majority’s opinion.

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