Wayne County Prosecutor v. Recorder's Court Judge

In this case, the people have filed a complaint for superintending control seeking to have this Court reverse an order of Recorder’s Court Judge Samuel C. Gardner which granted Prentis Wesley Wilson a new trial on the ground that his waiver of a jury trial may have been a non-intelligent waiver.

The first issue we address is whether this Court has the jurisdiction to review the lower court’s order via a complaint for superintending control.

The procedural history is as follows: In a bench trial before Recorder’s Court Judge Clarence L. Laster, Jr., on June 15, 1982, Prentis Wesley Wilson was…