People v. Van Tubbergen

Defendant appeals by leave granted from the circuit court order affirming the decision of the district court denying defendant’s motion to suppress and finding defendant guilty of operating a vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor (om), MCL 257.625(l)(a). This appeal from an ouil conviction raises the novel issue whether the sheriff’s appointment of employees of a religiously affiliated college as deputy sheriffs with full arrest powers extending to violations of state law on public streets is impermissible under state law or is a violation of the Establishment of Religion…