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Appointment To State Bar Of Michigan Board Of Commissioners

ANNOUNCED BY MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT

LANSING, MI, June 28, 2006 – The Michigan Supreme Court today announced the following appointments to the Board of Commissioners of the State Bar of Michigan:

Beverly Hall Burns of Detroit is an attorney and principal in the law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, P.L.C.

Eric J. Pelton of Bloomfield Hills is an attorney and principal in the law firm of Kienbaum, Opperwall, Hardy & Pelton, P.L.C.

Michael J. Riordan of Plymouth is an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice.

Burns, Pelton, and Riordan are all appointed to three-year terms beginning in September, when the State Bar of Michigan adjourns its annual meeting. They will serve as commissioners at-large. Other commissioners are elected by the members of the State Bar.

The State Bar Board of Commissioners is one of two governing bodies of the State Bar of Michigan, the other being the Representative Assembly. The Board of Commissioners oversees the State Bar’s operations, including finance, public policy, member services, and strategic planning.

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Ex post facto

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After the fact, ordinarily used in reference to constitutional prohibition on ex post facto laws. For example, a person cannot be punished for conduct committed before a criminal law was enacted

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One, who is joined as a party or defendant merely because the technical rules of pleading require his presence in the record,

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In felony cases, the first appearance before a judge at which the defendant is formally notified of the charges and a date is set for a preliminary hearing. No plea is entered at this stage. If, after the preliminary hearing, the case is bound over to the District Court, the defendant will enter a plea during arraignment in District Court. (Presentment is often incorrectly called arraignment.)

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