Court Issues
Michigan Constitutional Issues ... The Judicial Branch
Report 313-8 ( September 1994 ) 4 pages [30,954 bytes]
Examines provisions of Article 6 that a constitution convention might consider: judicial branch organization and administration; whether members of the judicial branch should continue to be chosen through election; and the proper extent of state Supreme Court rulemaking authority
State Ballot Issues, August 6, 1968
CC 806, ( July 68 ) 4 pages
State Ballot Issues:
#1 -- Judicial Tenure Commission;
#2 -- State Officers Compensation Commission;
#3 -- Filling of Judicial Vacancies.
The Organization and Funding of District Courts In Oakland County,
Report 289, ( September 88 ) 29 pages
The current district court arrangement in Oakland County creates an inequitable situation because the 52nd District Court (county-funded court) is not a self-supporting enterprise. The county general fund is required to subsidize the operations of the court. As a result, taxpayers in the third-class (locally funded) district courts, in effect, are required to pay for the operation of two district courts. Their local tax dollars are used to finance the operation of the local district court and their county tax dollars are used to finance the operation of the county-funded district court. Taxpayers in the second-class district court, however, only pay for court services once. Their county taxes are used to finance the second-class district court.
Municipal & District Courts
The Organization and Funding of District Courts In Oakland County,
Report 289, ( September 88 ) 29 pages
The current district court arrangement in Oakland County creates an inequitable situation because the 52nd District Court (county-funded court) is not a self-supporting enterprise. The county general fund is required to subsidize the operations of the court. As a result, taxpayers in the third-class (locally funded) district courts, in effect, are required to pay for the operation of two district courts. Their local tax dollars are used to finance the operation of the local district court and their county tax dollars are used to finance the operation of the county-funded district court. Taxpayers in the second-class district court, however, only pay for court services once. Their county taxes are used to finance the second-class district court.
Circuit Court & Criminal Court
Detroit Recorder's Court and Traffic Court
Probate Court and Juvenile Court Division
The Criminal Justice System and Crime Deterrence
Report 230, ( September 76 ) 47 pages
Prompted by research which indicates that persons who commit serious crimes in Michigan are not very likely to be apprehended, convicted or punished, the Citizens Research Council of Michigan, with a grant from National Bank of Detroit, requested several of the leading participants in the Michigan criminal justice system to address the question: What can be done to deter crime?
This report synopsizes the speeches of symposium speakers that included a representative of municipal government, a chief of police, a prosecuting attorney, a circuit court judge and a judge from Detroit Recorder's Court, the Director of the Michigan Department of Corrections, an attorney in private practice, a member of the Michigan House of Representatives, and noted criminal justice expert James Q. Wilson.
The Criminal Justice System and Crime Deterrence
Report 230, ( September 76 ) 47 pages
Prompted by research which indicates that persons who commit serious crimes in Michigan are not very likely to be apprehended, convicted or punished, the Citizens Research Council of Michigan, with a grant from National Bank of Detroit, requested several of the leading participants in the Michigan criminal justice system to address the question: What can be done to deter crime?
This report synopsizes the speeches of symposium speakers that included a representative of municipal government, a chief of police, a prosecuting attorney, a circuit court judge and a judge from Detroit Recorder's Court, the Director of the Michigan Department of Corrections, an attorney in private practice, a member of the Michigan House of Representatives, and noted criminal justice expert James Q. Wilson.
The Criminal Justice System and Crime Deterrence
Report 230, ( September 76 ) 47 pages
Prompted by research which indicates that persons who commit serious crimes in Michigan are not very likely to be apprehended, convicted or punished, the Citizens Research Council of Michigan, with a grant from National Bank of Detroit, requested several of the leading participants in the Michigan criminal justice system to address the question: What can be done to deter crime?
This report synopsizes the speeches of symposium speakers that included a representative of municipal government, a chief of police, a prosecuting attorney, a circuit court judge and a judge from Detroit Recorder's Court, the Director of the Michigan Department of Corrections, an attorney in private practice, a member of the Michigan House of Representatives, and noted criminal justice expert James Q. Wilson.
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