People v. Stanaway

Although I join Justice Brickley’s discussion and result in part iv, I write separately to express my dissatisfaction with the nonconstitutional harmless-error doctrine in Mich*697igan. Despite guidance from both our court rules1 and statute,2 this Court has yet to fully examine the relevant considerations for nonconstitutional harmless error and certainly has failed to set forth a clear and concise nonconstitutional harmless-error test.3 Instead, this Court has generally cho*698sen to rely on the harmless-error statute and court rules for the limited guidance provided therein in making this…