People v. Veling

In 1988, the Michigan Legislature passed a package of laws that modified the manner in which courts treat the jurisdiction, adjudication, and treatment or punishment of juvenile offenders. *26Among the many changes was an amendment of the Revised Judicature Act giving the state’s circuit courts automatic jurisdiction to hear certain offenses committed by juveniles aged fifteen or sixteen.1 This amendment allows prosecutors to proceed automatically in circuit court against juvenile offenders charged with certain enumerated offenses without first having to obtain a waiver from the probate court.2…