10.3Records of Plea Proceedings
“A record of all hearings must be made. All proceedings on the formal calendar[1] must be recorded by stenographic recording or by mechanical or electronic recording as provided by statute or MCR 8.108. A plea of admission or no contest, including any agreement with or objection to the plea, must be recorded.” MCR 3.925(B).
1 MCR 3.903(A)(10) defines formal calendar as “judicial proceedings other than a delinquency proceeding on the consent calendar, a preliminary inquiry, or a preliminary hearing of a delinquency or child protective proceeding.”