Duncan v. State

MURPHY, EJ.

At its core, this case involves a claim that the named plaintiffs, along with members of the certified class, i.e., present and future indigent defendants subject to felony prosecutions in the trial courts of Berrien, Genesee, and Muskegon counties, have *254been, are being, and will be denied their state and federal constitutional rights to counsel and the effective assistance of counsel, Const 1963, art 1, § 20, and US Const, Am VI, directly as a result of the court-appointed, indigent defense systems currently being employed by those counties. According to plaintiffs, even though…