B. L. was coerced by the Macomb County Prosecutor's Office and his family members, who were also charged as co-defendants, into taking a plea bargain to Maintaining a Drug House, a crime punishable by up to 2 years in prison, and considered a felony for most purposes. Mr. L. agreed to plead guilty because his family members would not have been offered this same plea bargain if he did not plead guilty. Mitch took over the case and appealed all the way to the Michigan Supreme Court, gaining a reversal, and an order allowing Mr. L. to withdraw his guilty plea and demand his trial by jury. His conviction was reversed, and he avoided a felony on his record. The case was remanded to the District Court in Clinton Township. Mitch demanded a preliminary examination. The prosecutor caved in and agreed to dismiss all criminal charges.