Jones v. Wayne County Prosecutor's Office

In this case we are asked to determine whether the prosecutor’s office must honor a prisoner’s request under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act (mfoia), MCL 15.231 et seq.; MSA 4.1801(1) et seq., for certain documents when the prisoner would have been entitled to the documents under MCR 6.101(h) had he requested them from the circuit court clerk.

Plaintiff is a prisoner currently incarcerated at the Dunes Correctional Facility following his plea-based convictions of armed robbery and felony-firearm. In April and May, 1986, plaintiff sent two letters to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office…