Order 

      July 13, 2005





ADM File No. 2003-04


Amendment of Administrative 
Order No. 2000-3
                      

  On order of the Court, Administrative Order No. 2000-3 is amended as follows, effective
January 1, 2006.

                  

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                  Administrative Order 2000-3.
                       Video Proceedings
                 (Circuit and District Courts)

      On order of the Court, Administrative Orders 1990-1, 1991-2, 1992-1, and 1993-1
are rescinded.

      [The State Court Administrator is authorized, until further order of this Court, to
approve the use of two-way interactive video technology in the criminal divisions of the
circuit and district courts to conduct the following proceedings between a courtroom and a
prison, jail, or other place of detention: initial arraignments on the warrant, arraignments on
the information, pretrials, pleas, sentencing for misdemeanor offenses, show cause hearings,
waivers and adjournments of extradition, referrals for forensic determination of competency,
and waivers and adjournments of preliminary examinations.

] [Each court seeking to use interactive video technology must submit a local
administrative order for approval by the State Court Administrator pursuant to MCR
8.112(B), describing how the program will be implemented and the administrative
procedures for each type of hearing for which interactive video technology will be used. 
Upon a court's filing of a local administrative order, the State Court Administrative Office
shall either approve the order or return the order to the chief circuit or district judge for
amendment in accordance with requirements and guidelines provided by the Sate Court
Administrative Office.

] [Courts that previously were authorized to use interactive video technology
pursuant to Administrative Orders 1990-1, 1991-2, 1992-1, or 1993-1 may continue to do
so until further order of this Court or the State Court Administrator.

] [The State Court Administrative Office shall assist courts in implementing the
technology, and shall report periodically to this Court regarding its assessment of the
program.  Those courts using the technology shall provide statistics and otherwise cooperate
with the State Court Administrative Office in monitoring the use of two-way video
proceedings.
]
      Staff Comment:  Effective January 1, 2006, video and audio proceedings are
governed by MCR 6.006.