LANSING (AP) — The Michigan Secretary of State’s Office is fighting an appeal’s court decision that would require a department employee to testify each time someone goes on trial on a charge of driving with a suspended license.
The Lansing State Journal reported that the Michigan Supreme Court issued a stay of the Oct. 13 Michigan Court of Appeals ruling.
Lawyer James Fifelski challenged a 2009 case against his client in Washtenaw County, saying Terry Nunley of Ecorse had a constitutional right to confront witnesses against him.
Secretary of State spokesman Fred Woodhams says since the ruling, his agency’s employees have received 104 subpoenas to testify in suspended-license cases.
The department says it mails out about 1 million license suspension and revocation notices a year to the driver’s last known address.
