Lansing — Former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway will find herself on the other side of the bench on Tuesday when she's likely to plead guilty to bank fraud charges related to questionable real estate transactions, legal experts say.
Hathaway, who resigned from the high court Monday, will appear at 10:30 a.m. in U.S. District Judge John Corbett O'Meara's Ann Arbor courtroom, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Detroit.
Legal experts predict Hathaway likely will plead guilty to the fraud charge because it was filed as a criminal "information," meaning the defendant has cut a deal with prosecutors before being arraigned.
"When an information is filed, it would suggest a person has waived an indictment before the grand jury and is proceeding with a plea," said former federal prosecutor Alan Gershel, a professor at Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Auburn Hills.
By Chad Livengood
From The Detroit News:
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