{"id":"MET-DET-053","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Wayne County, Michigan","state":"MI","metro":"DET","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Wayne County Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy (release)","authority":"Prosecutorial discretion following In re Certified Questions (Oct. 2, 2020)","instrument":"Release: WCPO to Dismiss all Cases Issued Under Governor\u0027s Executive Order During COVID Crisis","title":"Wayne County Prosecutor\u0027s Office dismisses ordinance violations and misdemeanors charged under the Governor\u0027s COVID-19 executive orders after April 30, 2020","dateIssued":"2021-04-12","effective":"2020-10","end":"n/a","startDate":"2021-04-12","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q4"],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["defendants charged under the Governor\u0027s executive orders in Wayne County"],"clause":"the Michigan Supreme Court, unanimously held in In Re Certified Question that the [Governor lacked authority to issue] COVID-19 state of emergency orders after April 30, 2020. Prior to the ruling the Wayne County Prosecutor\u0027s Office (WCPO) and law enforcement agencies issued ordinance violations and misdemeanors... WCPO will be dismissing all adjudicated [and pending cases]... \u0027considering the Supreme Court\u0027s decision, WCPO will no longer use criminal prosecution to enforce the Governor\u0027s Executive Order.\u0027","enforcement":"n/a","functions":[],"notes":"Context on the enforcement history: prosecutions had been brought under the Governor\u0027s orders in Wayne County through Oct. 2020; the local health orders (Ex. MET-DET-014, -032, -001, -027) took over enforcement","sourceUrl":"https://www.waynecounty.com/covid19/wcpo-to-dismiss-all-cases-issued-under-governor-s.aspx","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20210412224310/https://www.waynecounty.com/covid19/wcpo-to-dismiss-all-cases-issued-under-governor-s.aspx","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":823073,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-DET","url":"/library/MET-DET-053","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-DET-053","citation":"Wayne County Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy (release), Release: WCPO to Dismiss all Cases Issued Under Governor\u0027s Executive Order During COVID Crisis (Apr. 12, 2021) (Ex. MET-DET-053)","stateName":"Michigan","related":["MET-DET-014"]}