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Mark Boonstra
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2012 - Present
2027
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Mark Boonstra is a judge for the 3rd District of the Michigan Court of Appeals. He assumed office in 2012. His current term ends on January 1, 2027.
Boonstra ran for re-election for the 3rd District judge of the Michigan Court of Appeals. He won in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Education
Boonstra received his B.A. in political science from Michigan State University. He earned his master's degree in applied economics and a J.D. from the University of Michigan.[1]
Career
Before joining the Third District Court of Appeals, Boonstra was a senior principal attorney with the law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone PLC from 1985 to 2012.[2] He served as a law clerk to Judge Ralph Guy of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan from 1983 to 1985.[1]
Associations
- Member, State Bar of Michigan
- Fellow, Michigan State Bar Foundation
- Member, Michigan Supreme Court Committee on Model Civil Jury Instructions
- Michigan Judges Retirement Board
- Member, Federal Bar Association
- Member, Washtenaw County Bar Association [2][1]
- Former chairman, Washtenaw County Republican Committee [3]
Elections
2020
See also: Michigan intermediate appellate court elections, 2020
General election
General election for Michigan 3rd District Court of Appeals (2 seats)
Incumbent Jane Markey and incumbent Mark Boonstra won election in the general election for Michigan 3rd District Court of Appeals on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jane Markey (Nonpartisan) | 51.1 | 733,880 | |
| ✔ | Mark Boonstra (Nonpartisan) | 48.9 | 701,411 | |
| Total votes: 1,435,291 | |||
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Campaign finance
2014
See also: Michigan judicial elections, 2014
Boonstra ran for re-election to the Third District Court of Appeals.
General: He was unopposed in the general election on November 4, 2014.
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2012
Boonstra was elected to the Third District Court of Appeals after running unopposed in the general election on November 6, 2012.[5][6]
- See also: Michigan judicial elections, 2012
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Mark Boonstra did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Noteworthy cases
Appeals court denies appeal but sends message to legislature (2015)
A three-judge panel for the Third District Court of Appeals in Michigan denied an inmate's request to appeal his sentence but sent a message to the Michigan Legislature about the current state of the Sex Offender Registry Act (SORA).
Vincent Bosca was growing marijuana on his property in 2011. Teenagers robbed his property of the crop; Bosca's teenage son told him who the boys were. Together, the two decided on revenge for the theft. Bosca's son lured the two boys back to Bosca's house, where Bosca and two adult men were waiting for them. The men kept the teens locked in Bosca's basement and used terror to teach them a lesson. The teens were not seriously physically injured, but Bosca was charged with—among other things—unlawful imprisonment of a minor. In Michigan, a person convicted of this offense, no matter the nature of the crime itself, has to register on the sex offender list. Neither teenagers alleged any sexual abuse.
The Third District Court of Appeals, in its opinion denying Bosca's request to appeal the portion of his sentence requiring him to register under the SORA, wrote that:
| “ | There nonetheless remains something troubling about the fact that defendant, while an offender who may properly and constitutionally be required to register in furtherance of the purpose of [Sex Offenders Registration Act], is deemed a ‘sex offender’ even though the offenses of which he was convicted, including the offenses for which he is required to register, as well as the conduct underlying them, were wholly non-sexual in nature.[7] | ” |
| —Third District Court of Appeals[8] | ||
Bosca's attorney said his client may appeal this latest denial. The three-judge panel presiding over this current request to appeal included Mark Boonstra, Jane Beckering and Michael Riordan.
Articles:
See also
2020 Elections
External links
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Officeholder Michigan 3rd District Court of Appeals |
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Michigan Courts, "Third District Judges," accessed July 10, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Office of the Michigan Governor, "Press Release: Governor makes appointments to Court of Appeals," March 16, 2012
- ↑ The Ann Arbor News, "Snyder appoints Washtenaw County GOP chairman to Michigan Court of Appeals," March 16, 2012
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "2014 Official Michigan Primary Candidate Listing," accessed July 9, 2014
- ↑ Michigan Department of State, "Official 2012 General Election Results: 3rd District Court of Appeals Judge," January 4, 2013
- ↑ Michigan Department of State, "2012 Unofficial Michigan Primary Candidate Listing," July 31, 2012
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Washington Post, "How someone who didn’t commit a sexual crime can be forced to register as a sex offender," April 1, 2015
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