Acknowledgments

This revised edition of this benchbook was authored by MJI Research Attorney Alessa Boes and edited by MJI Publications Manager Sarah Roth. They were greatly assisted by an editorial advisory committee with reviewing draft text and providing valuable feedback. The members of the editorial advisory committee were:

•The Honorable Margaret Zuzich Bakker, 48th Circuit Court, Allegan

•Patrick Corbett, United States Attorney’s Office, Detroit

•The Honorable Prentis Edwards, Jr., 36th District Court, Detroit

•The Honorable Phyllis C. McMillen, 6th Circuit Court, Pontiac

•Bobbi Morrow, Trial Court Services, Management Analyst

•The Honorable Christopher M. Murray, Michigan Court of Appeals, Detroit

•Michael J. Nichols, The Nichols Law Firm, East Lansing

•The Honorable Jeffrey L. Sauter, 56th Circuit Court, Charlotte

•F. Martin Tieber, Tieber Law Office, Lansing

•William J. Vailliencourt, Jr., Livingston County Prosecutor’s Office, Howell

This benchbook was first published in 2007. It was authored by former MJI Research Attorney Mary Galliver and former Publications Manager Phoenix Hummel and reviewed by an editorial advisory committee. Former Publications/Program Manager Thomas Byerley and Phoenix Hummel served as editors.

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