Mich. Admin. Ord. Administrative Order No. 1972-2

As amended through June 5, 2024

Assignment of Counsel in the Recorder's Court

It appearing to the Court that the Defender's Office of the Legal Aid and Defender Association of Detroit is a nonprofit organization providing counsel to indigent defendants in the Wayne Circuit Court and the Recorder's Court of the City of Detroit, and that such method of providing counsel to indigent defendants should be encouraged for the efficient administration of criminal justice; and

It further appearing that assignments from Recorder's Court have been irregular, sometimes involving too many such assignments and sometimes too few;

Now, therefore, it is ordered that, from the date of this order until the further order of this Court, the Presiding Judge of Recorder's Court of the City of Detroit shall assign as counsel, on a weekly basis, the Defender's Office of the Legal Aid and Defender Association of Detroit in twenty-five percent of all cases wherein counsel are appointed for indigent defendants.

Mich. Admin. Ord. Administrative Order No. 1972-2