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The Third Judicial Circuit of Michigan is the largest circuit court in the state, with 61 judges and three operating divisions as of 2023. The Third Circuit Court has jurisdiction over civil, criminal, and family matters arising in Wayne County .
A judge who oversaw a village and town court in Wayne County has resigned amid a disciplinary investigation, her second in five years.
Sutherland, 59, of Grosse Pointe Farms, was acquitted in June on two of four charges in the Valade embezzlement case by a Wayne County Circuit Court jury after deliberating about 22 hours over ...
In 1833, all the county courts in all counties in the territory of Michigan except Wayne were abolished and replaced by one circuit court of the territory of Michigan. [2] In 1836, the state was divided into 3 circuits. The 1850 Michigan Constitution made the office of circuit court judges elected officials and set the term of office to six (6 ...
According to her Supreme Court biography, she has taught Continuing Education and Real Estate Law classes for other licensees. In November 1992, Hathaway was elected judge of the Wayne County Circuit Court, 3rd Judicial Circuit, and served from 1993 until 2009, when she was elevated to Michigan Supreme Court Justice.
A Detroit man pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing from his boss — a sitting, criminal court judge — admitting he used his job as a judicial assistant to embezzle $50,000-$100,000 from his ...
After a week of deliberation, a Wayne County Circuit Court jury acquitted attorney David Sutherland of two charges Friday in a case in which he was accused of embezzling from trusts of former ...
The circuit courts hear the more serious criminal cases. In addition, they are the appellate court for cases heard in the district courts. There are 57 circuit courts in the State of Michigan, which have original jurisdiction over all civil suits where the amount contended in the case exceeds $25,000 and all criminal cases involving felonies.