Mich. Admin. Ord. Administrative Order No. 1997-5

As amended through April 11, 2024
Defenders-Third Circuit Court

The Court has determined that the efficient administration of justice requires the extension of the provisions of Administrative Order No. 1972-2 to criminal matters coming before the Third Circuit Court after the merger of the Third Circuit Court and Recorder's Court on October 1, 1997. It is therefore ordered that effective October 1, 1997, and until further order of the Court, that the Chief Judge of the Third Circuit Court shall provide for the assignment as counsel, on a weekly basis, of the Legal Aid and Defender Association in twenty-five percent of all cases wherein counsel are appointed for indigent defendants.

Mich. Admin. Ord. Administrative Order No. 1997-5