Whitmer appoints Cylenthia LaToye Miller to 3rd Circuit Court
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday appointed Judge Cylenthia LaToye Miller to the 3rd Circuit Court in Wayne County.
“Clyenthia is well-known for her extensive legal experience and for serving her community,” Whitmer said. “I expect that Clyenthia will perform her responsibilities with honor and reverence for all.”
Cylenthia LaToye Miller is a judge with the 36th District Court in Detroit, where she hears cases on all of the court’s dockets as the Court’s Auxiliary Judge. Miller is also the founding and presiding judge over Street Outreach Court Detroit, a specialty court program, which provides homeless citizens the opportunity to resolve certain civil infractions and misdemeanors. Last year, Gov. Rick Snyder appointed Miller to the Michigan Interagency Council on Homelessness.
Before her judgeship, she served as the director of the Detroit Workforce Development Department, and as an associate attorney with Lewis & Munday, P.C. and Dykema law firm in Detroit. She has been the recipient of numerous awards including the Outstanding Judicial Leadership Award from Neighborhood Legal Services and a Certificate of Congressional Recognition from U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow.
Miller is an adjunct professor of criminal justice and humanities at Baker College of Allen Park and Baker College of Jackson, and is a Golden Heritage Life member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Miller earned her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Wayne State University and Juris Doctor degree from the Michigan State University College of Law.
This appointment was made to fill a partial term, which expires at noon on January 1, 2021, after Judge Daniel Hathaway stepped down. If Miller wishes to seek a full six-year term, she would be required to run for reelection in November of 2020. This appointment is not subject to the advice and consent of the Senate.
Court throws out DUI evidence; cop had wrong speed limit
SARANAC, Mich. (AP) — A man convicted of drunken driving in western Michigan has won an appeal after it turned out that he was under the speed limit when stopped by police, not over it.
Anthony Owen was told he was going 43 mph (69 kph) in a 25 mph (40 kph) zone in Saranac in Ionia County. But attorney Ed Sternisha argued that the speed limit actually was 55 mph (88.5 kph) by default because there was no sign on southbound Parsonage Road.
The Michigan appeals court agreed, saying the traffic stop by a sheriff’s deputy in 2015 was illegal. As a result, the court threw out evidence of drunken driving that stemmed from the stop.
The court says a “reasonably competent” officer should have known that he couldn’t stop Owen for speeding.
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