# People v. Young

> Michigan Court of Appeals · February 25, 1997 · 220 Mich. App. 420

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9725628

## Case

- **Full name:** People v. Young (On Remand); Wayne County Prosecutor v. Department of Corrections (On Remand)
- **Court:** Michigan Court of Appeals
- **Decided:** February 25, 1997
- **Citations:** 220 Mich. App. 420; 559 N.W.2d 670
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by O'Connell
- **Judges:** Jansen, Holbrook, O'Connell
- **Cited by:** 8 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that an order of the trial court must be reversed where the trial court did not have jurisdiction to hear the case

## Opinion text

O’Connell, J.
(concurring). I concur in the result only. The Recorder’s Court is a court of limited jurisdiction and, as such, it may not review administrative actions of other tribunals and it may not issue extraordinary writs other than habeas corpus. The Recorder’s Court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction. “When a court lacks subject matter jurisdiction to hear and determine a claim, any action it takes, other than to dismiss the action, is void.” Bowie v Arder, 441 Mich 23, 56 ; 490 NW2d 568 (1992). Although interesting, the balance of the majority opinion is dicta. The Recorder’s Court does not have jurisdiction to hear this case.

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