People v. Lee

This case involves allegations of Medicaid fraud. The defendant, Edith J. Lee, is awaiting retrial on one count of obtaining money by false pretenses over $100* 1 and one count of submitting false claims to the Medicaid program. 2 Her first trial resulted in a mistrial due to a hung jury. In this interlocutory appeal the prosecutor challenges a pretrial order to indorse res gestae witnesses.

I. The Information

The information was divided into two counts. Both counts alleged that the defendant acted with one common plan and scheme to defraud the Michigan Medical Assistance Program by submitting…