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James Callahan
James Callahan was a judge of the 3rd Circuit Court in Michigan. He was first elected to this position on November 2, 2004.[1][2][3] He was re-elected on November 2, 2010 to a six-year term that ended on January 1, 2017.[4]
Education
Callahan received his undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois in 1967 and his J.D. from the Detroit College of Law in 1972.[2]
Military service
Callahan served in the U.S. Navy from 1959 to 1965.[2]
Career
Callahan worked as a trial attorney for 33 years prior to his election to the circuit court in 2004.[2]
Elections
2010
- See also: Michigan judicial elections, 2010
Callahan was re-elected to the 3rd Circuit Court in the general election on November 2, 2010, along with 18 other judges.[4]
Noteworthy cases
Man sentenced in brutal beating of Steve Utash (2014)
One of the men accused of brutally beating Steve Utash was sentenced by Judge Callahan to one year in jail and five years of probation--a sentence that prosecutors argued was below the guidelines.
James Deontae Davis was one of five men who admitted to beating Utash into a coma after he accidentally hit a 10-year-old boy while driving his pickup truck. The incident occurred in April 2014 in Detroit. Some report that up to 20 men were involved in the beating.
Though the crime could have carried multiple years in prison, Judge Callahan noted that Davis was remorseful.
The sentences for the other attackers are as follows:
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 3rd Circuit
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 League of Women Voters: Non-Partisan 2010 Voter Guide: Judges of the Third Circuit Court (Scroll to p.2) (dead link)
- ↑ Michigan 2004 Election Results: 3rd Circuit Court Non-Incumbent
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Michigan 2010 Unofficial General Election Results: 3rd Circuit Court
- ↑ MLive.com, "Judge gives Steve Utash attacker year in jail, delays sentencing for another," July 10, 2014
- ↑ Detroit Free Press, "1 defendant in Utash attack gets a year; another's sentencing delayed," July 15, 2014
