Mich. Admin. Ord. Administrative Order No. 1978-5
To assist the Supreme Court in evaluating the Standard Criminal Jury Instructions, every trial judge is requested during the four-month period beginning August 1, 1978, at the conclusion of every criminal case tried to a jury, to dictate to the court reporter a statement (outside the presence of the jury, counsel and the parties) of the offense or offenses covered by the instructions; the extent to which he used the Standard Criminal Jury Instructions; if he did not use them, why he did not; and any additional comments he may care to make to assist the Supreme Court in evaluating those instructions and in considering whether they should be made obligatory in the sense that the Standard Civil Jury Instructions are generally required to be given. The statement is not considered part of the record on appeal. The court reporter shall forward the statement to Donald Ubell, Chief Commissioner of the Supreme Court, within two weeks after the judge instructs the jury.
Mich. Admin. Ord. Administrative Order No. 1978-5