Wayne County Prosecutor v. Recorder's Court Judge

At the conclusion of the preliminary examination on the charge of possession of heroin in the Recorder’s Court, Judge Clarence Laster, Jr., Recorder’s Court Judge, acting in his capacity as a magistrate, dismissed the case against Frank and Ruth Ann. Russo. Judge Laster had determined that a previously issued search warrant was defective and that, therefore, probable cause did not exist to bind the Russos over for trial. The Wayne County Prosecutor’s office filed a complaint for superintending control in the Wayne County Circuit Court pursuant to Gray v Recorder’s Court Judges, 51 Mich App…