Circuit Court Division

The Circuit Court Division of the Oakland County Prosecutor's Office handles felony cases in the 6th Circuit Court of the state of Michigan.

Cases include murder, criminal sexual conduct, larceny, home invasion, fraud, robbery, assault, drugs, weapons, and others.

The Oakland County Circuit Court is one of the busiest courts in the United States with each Assistant Prosecutor handling 250 to 300 cases each year. The majority of these cases end with guilty pleas.

Ninety-six percent of those pleas are made to the crime as charged. Only about 4% of pleas are to reduced charges. Of the remaining cases that go to trial, nearly 80% result in convictions.

The Circuit Court Division has successfully handled some of the most notorious cases in the county. These include:

• People v Jack Kevorkian
• People v Jonathan Schmitz (The Jenny Jones Show murder)
• People v Anitra Coomer & People v McConnell Adams (The Dr. Debra Iverson homicide)
• People v Michael Fletcher (Lawyer who murdered his wife)

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