DETROIT (AP) - Charges against former Gov. Rick Snyder and others in the Flint water scandal must be dismissed after the Michigan Supreme Court said Tuesday.
A federal court may not toss a conviction because of an error at trial simply based on its own assessment of legal precedent, but rather must also consider a state's own evaluation of the mistake through the lens of a federal law, the U.S. Supreme Court held Thursday in a case involving a Michigan man who was shackled during a murder trial.
The federal judge overseeing a landmark Flint water crisis civil trial will allow subpoenas for former Gov. Rick Snyder and other officials facing criminal charges to continue.