检察官的功能

The Saginaw County 检察官’s Office serves the citizens of Saginaw County by providing a variety of services. A list of those services is below. For more specific information on how a case proceeds or for a glossary of criminal justice terms, 使用子菜单.

案例回顾
每一天, any number of police officers and/or detectives bring in completed investigations for prosecutors in our office to review. Prosecutors who receive these investigations review the police reports and other associated paperwork and evidence included in the investigation and determine if a crime occurred and, 如果有的话, whether there is sufficient evidence to charge an individual with a criminal offense or offenses. If a prosecutor authorizes a criminal charge or charges, the officer or detective who brought in the case then swears to the criminal complaint in front of a judge, who signs a warrant for the individual’s arrest. 

重罪起诉
Among the types of cases that our prosecutors handle are felony cases, which involve crimes punishable by more than one year. 在这些情况下, our prosecutors are present for all court hearings and proceedings, including preliminary examinations (where we must prove probable cause to take a defendant to trial), 债券的听证会, 审前动议, 试用, and sentencings but usually excluding arraignment. These cases begin in the 70th 地方法院 (located on the third floor of the Saginaw County Governmental Center) and, if probable cause is shown for trial, end in the 10th 巡回法院 (fourth floor).

轻罪起诉
Misdemeanor cases also are among the types of cases handled by our office. These cases involve crimes punishable by up to a year in jail. Our prosecutors are present for some of the proceedings on these cases, including pre-trial hearings and 试用. These cases are handled exclusively in the 70th 地方法院 (located on the third floor of the Saginaw County Governmental Center). 

交通
Individuals who receive traffic citations have the option to plead responsible and pay their fines or plead not responsible and request a hearing on the matter. 如果选择后者, much like misdemeanor cases, our prosecutors are present for pre-trial hearings and 试用, which occur either through a magistrate or a judge.

青少年犯罪 & 虐待及忽视儿童
Our office has two prosecutors assigned to the Family Division of the 10th 巡回法院, which is located 3360 Hospital Road in Saginaw Township. These prosecutors handle cases involving juvenile delinquents (those under the age of 17) and cases where there is parental neglect or child abuse inflicted by parents. 在犯罪案件中, our prosecutors charge these juveniles either with crimes or status offenses and decide on the appropriate adjudication for the juvenile. 在虐待和忽视案件中, our prosecutors are involved in the examination of a parent’s rights to his or her child or children, up to and including termination of those rights.

的发病率
Our office’s Department of 健康 and 人类服务 (的发病率) division establishes paternity and child support for people who receive public assistance through 的发病率 and for those who request IV-D services from the State of Michigan. Paternity may be established through marriage, 亲子关系宣誓书, 默认听证会, 或DNA测试. Once paternity is established, child support is calculated using the information provided by the parties and the Michigan Child Support Formula. The Prosecutor 的发病率 office also ensures that recipients of 的发病率 benefits remain compliant with the establishment process. Those who fail to comply with the establishment process are placed into non-cooperation with 的发病率, which can affect any state benefits they receive. Parties shall remain in a non-cooperation status with 的发病率 until they contact the Prosecutor 的发病率 office and appear in person during walk-in hours to initiate the child support process. Walk-in hours for non-compliance are Monday thru Friday from 9:00 a.m. 到11点a.m. 下午1:30.m. 到下午3点.m.

上诉
After a defendant has been convicted of a crime, either by plea or by jury or bench conviction, they may choose to seek an appeal of that conviction. 如果他们这样做了, our office has prosecutors assigned to respond to those appeals, all the way through the highest appellate courts in the United States. Our appellate prosecutors also may appeal decisions made by judges that we believe have incorrectly affected our efforts to seek justice for victims.