Legal Question in Criminal Law in Michigan

Court Arguments

In a so-called criminal case being heard in fed District Court, person A is in court sued by Government B. While is session the judge make a statement on record that directly effects Person C. What is the proper writ, motion, etcetera for Person C to enter the court and to make a statement on record about what the judge said.


Asked on 4/17/07, 10:14 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Jay Courtright Jay Courtright, Attorney at Law

Re: Court Arguments

If you are talking about defamation, I'm afraid your probably without recourse. Any participant in a judicial proceeding has an absolute privilege to say pretty much anything they want to say as long as there is some reasonable relationship between their statement and the case before the court. If you think that this reasonable relationship does not exist, the document you would file would be a civil complaint alleging defamation and you would have to initiate a separate lawsuit.

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Answered on 4/17/07, 2:29 pm


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