People v. Anderson

AFTER REMAND

Riley, J.

In this case, we are called upon first to determine whether admission of a postarraign ment statement by the defendant violated his Sixth Amendment right to counsel and, second, if it was a violation, whether the admission of this statement and the admission of certain hearsay statements in violation of MRE 803(4) can be deemed harmless, errors. With regard to the post-arraignment statement, we find that it was admitted in violation of defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to counsel. Moreover, we are not persuaded that this error was harmless and therefore reverse the…