PRESSLEY v. WAYNE CTY. SHERIFF

Docket No. 9992.

30 Mich. App. 300 (1971)

186 N.W.2d 412

PRESSLEY v. WAYNE COUNTY SHERIFF (PRESSLEY v. LUCAS)

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided February 10, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Reed (Michigan Legal Services Assistance Program) and John Urso (University of Detroit Urban Law Clinic) (Gary Sams and Mark Barron [Wayne County Neighborhood Legal Services] of counsel), for plaintiff.

William L. Cahalan, Prosecuting Attorney, Dominick R. Carnovale, Chief, Appellate Department, and Aloysius J. Suchy, Samuel J. Torina and Rheo C. Marchand, Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for defendant.

Before: LEVIN, P.J., and BRONSON and O'HARA, J.J.


LEVIN, P.J.

The plaintiff, Kenneth Pressley, commenced this action in the Wayne County Circuit Court claiming that he and other persons similarly situated had been deprived of the right to post bail under the 10% bail deposit act.1 Under that act, persons accused of committing traffic offenses and misdemeanors may post bail by depositing 10% of the amount of the bail set by the court and...

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