People v. Waterstone

In these consolidated appeals, the Michigan Attorney General (AG) charged defendant with four counts of felony misconduct in office under MCL 750.505 arising out of a criminal prosecution in which defendant, sitting as a circuit court judge, is alleged to have willfully neglected her judicial duties by failing to disclose certain communications and perjured testimony. MCL 750.505 provides for criminal penalties and punishment when a person commits an offense that was indictable at the common law, such as misconduct in office, absent a statutory provision that expressly punishes the charged…