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KENT CTY. PROS. v. KENT CTY. SHERIFF

Docket No. 74055, (Calendar No. 1).

428 Mich. 314 (1987)

409 N.W.2d 202

KENT COUNTY PROSECUTOR v. KENT COUNTY SHERIFF

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 1, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Sawyer, Prosecuting Attorney, and Timothy K. McMorrow, Chief Appellate Attorney, for the plaintiff.

Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett (by Jon F. DeWitt and Jonathan W. Anderson) for defendant Kent County Sheriff.

Richard E. Hillary, Director, and Michael P. Mathews for intervening defendant Kent County Office of the Defender.

Amicus Curiae:

John D. O'Hair, Prosecuting Attorney, and George E. Ward, Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the Wayne County Prosecutor.

ON REHEARING

CAVANAGH, J.

I. INTRODUCTION

When we originally considered this case, the Court was divided equally on the constitutionality of the county jail overcrowding act, 1982 PA 325, MCL 801.51 et seq.; MSA 28.1748(1) et seq.1 Rehearing was granted to resolve the Court's division on this important public issue. We conclude that the act does not infringe upon...

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