Applications being accepted for court vacancies
Applications are now being accepted for two seats on the Third Circuit Court (vacating Judges Noah P. Hood and Bruce Morrow) and one on the Wayne County 36th District Court (vacating Judge Kristina Robinson Garrett).
To be considered for these positions, applicants must be a State Bar of Michigan member who meets the legal qualifications for this office. Applicants should be aware that to be appointed they must reside within the judicial district.
Judicial appointment questionnaire, writing samples, resume, and supplemental documents must be submitted using the online portal at www.michigan.gov/ appointments and received by 5 p.m. on Friday, February 18. Additional letters of recommendation can still be submitted after your initial submission to judicialappointments@michigan.gov.
Anyone with questions about the judicial appointments process can send questions to judicialappointments@michigan.gov.
Parents charged in school shooting face key hearing
ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. (AP) — The parents of a teenager who is accused of killing four students at a Michigan school faced a key hearing Tuesday to determine if they will face trial after a judge turned down a request to postpone it.
Defense attorney Mariell Lehman said more time was needed to review evidence against James and Jennifer Crumbley. She also cited the difficulty of consulting with them in jail during the COVID-19 pandemic. But Judge Julie Nicholson said the hearing would go forward.
The Crumbleys, who were in court for the hearing, are charged with involuntary manslaughter. They're accused of making a gun accessible to Ethan Crumbley and failing to intervene when he showed signs of mental distress.
Nicholson must determine if there's enough evidence to send the parents to the trial court in Oakland County.
Four students at Oxford High School were killed and more were injured on Nov. 30. Earlier that day, the Crumbleys declined to take Ethan home when they were confronted with their son's drawings of violence. School officials allowed him to stay but told the parents to get him help.
Their attorneys insist the Crumbleys didn't know that a shooting was in the works and didn't make the gun easy to find at home.
Separately, Ethan Crumbley is charged as an adult with murder and other crimes. His lawyers filed a notice of an insanity defense, which will likely freeze his case while he is examined by experts.
The high school, roughly 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of Detroit, reopened on Jan. 24, nearly two months after the shooting.
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