People v. Reno

I respectfully dissent. In People v Barbara, 390 Mich 377; 214 NW2d 833 (1973), our Supreme Court unanimously held that Detroit Recorder’s Court Rule 8, the rule in question here, gave defendants in high misdemeanor cases the right to a preliminary examination. I do *590not believe the option of interpreting the rule differently is open to us.

It is, of course, true that after the decision in Barbara the Legislature amended the preliminary examination statute. Review of Barbara, however, demonstrates quite clearly that our Supreme Court relied on the court rule, not the statute, in determining…