HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE
REP. KARA HOPE
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
9:00 AM
Room 519, House Office Building
The House Committee on Criminal Justice was called to order by Chair Hope.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Hope, Andrews, Tyrone Carter, Breen, Young, Arbit, Dievendorf,
Tsernoglou, Filler, Mueller, Bezotte, Harris, BeGole.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
At 9:01 AM, the Chair laid the committee at ease.
At 9:03 AM, the Chair called the committee back to order.
Representative Young moved to adopt the meeting minutes from January 31, 2023. There
being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
Chair Hope laid before the committee a presentation by The Innocence Project. Marla
Mitchell-Cichon, Counsel to the Cooley Law School Innocence Project; and Tracey Weaver
Brame, Director of the WMU Cooley Innocence Project, gave a presentation to the
committee. Questions and discussion followed.
Chair Hope laid before the committee a presentation by the Michigan Sheriffs' Association.
Ingham County Sheriff, Scott Wriggelsworth, Member of Michigan Sheriffs' Association
Legislative Committee; Matt Saxton, Executive Director, Michigan Sheriffs' Association,
(Retired Sheriff, Calhoun County); and Dan Pfannes, Deputy Director, Michigan Sheriffs'
Association, (Retired Undersheriff, Wayne County), gave a presentation to the committee.
Questions and discussion followed.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair Hope adjourned the meeting at
10:00 AM.
Representative Kara Hope, Chair
Melissa Sweet
Committee Clerk
msweet@house.mi.gov