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OAKLAND COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY v. CORR. DEP'T

Docket No. 67134, (Calendar No. 12).

411 Mich. 183 (1981)

305 N.W.2d 515

OAKLAND COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided May 14, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Brooks Patterson, Prosecuting Attorney, and Thomas S. Richards, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for plaintiff.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, and Keith D. Roberts, Assistant Attorney General, for defendants.

PER CURIAM:

The Court of Appeals has held that the Prison Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act, 1980 PA 519,1 unconstitutionally contravenes the Governor's exclusive commutation power under Const 1963, art 5, § 14. We conclude that the Court of Appeals erred in so holding, and we reverse.

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1980 PA 519 had its genesis in the Joint Legislative/Executive Task Force on Prison Overcrowding. This task force was convened by...

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