Michigan Laws 600.9924a – Destruction of documents or records; exceptions; right to move for order setting aside conviction
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 600.9924a
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
- shall not apply: means that the pertinent provision is not operative as to certain persons or things or in conjunction with a particular date or dates. See Michigan Laws 8.4c
The records, files, pleadings, process, papers, dockets, journals and indices of justices of the peace, justice courts, municipal courts, police courts and the recorders court of the city of Cadillac abolished effective January 1, 1969, may be destroyed on or after January 1, 1977, except that dockets, journals and indices of those courts and justices of the peace may be disposed of only upon compliance with section 5 of Act No. 271 of the Public Acts of 1931, as amended, being section 399.5 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. This section shall not apply to a document or record subpoenaed by a court or otherwise ordered maintained and preserved for use as evidence upon the order of a court of competent jurisdiction before January 1, 1977. This section shall not bar or impair the right of a defendant to move the district court successor to the convicting court pursuant to Act No. 213 of the Public Acts of 1965, being section 780.621 and 780.622 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, for an order setting aside the conviction.