Michigan county prosecutor reprimanded for misleading judge

A Michigan disciplinary panel has publicly reprimanded St. Joseph County Prosecutor Deborah Davis, finding she misled a judge while working as an assistant prosecutor in a 2024 court hearing that resulted in a defendant being jailed.

The Michigan Attorney Discipline Board issued the reprimand on June 20 following a formal complaint from the state’s Attorney Grievance Commission. The case centered on a January 2024 bond hearing in which Davis failed to tell the court she had already instructed the subpoenaed victim to leave, and then implied the victim was uncooperative and afraid of the defendant.

Former Prosecutor Dave Marvin, who was Davis’s supervisor at the time, conducted an internal investigation and fired her shortly afterward…

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