I said something about the state court being just the beginning.

It was the first state high court in the country to do so.

Maybe a state court in 1993 will see things differently.

Buchanan officials said they would next try a state court.

The killers were never brought to justice in state court.

But many experts still consider it the country's leading state court.

By 1846, several hundred such cases had been tried in state courts across the country.

"Doesn't it make sense just to wait a little bit until we get more information from state courts?"

Was there anything left for the state courts to do?

Instead, he said, they should have been left to the state courts to decide.

They are all crowded here in department 17 of the municipal court.

In the state's municipal courts, he said, the increase has been even greater.

The city also holds a municipal court twice a month.

The city hall, community center, and municipal court are all housed in the same building, next to the fire department.

"And if you have half a dozen of those trials a night in municipal court, that's going to create some real problems."

The case is still pending in the township's municipal court.

This should not surprise anyone who has dealt with such municipal courts.

"If you compare that to what happens in municipal courts, this is doing a whole lot better."

The city also has a municipal court that serves several jurisdictions.

They were fined $475 each in municipal court and sentenced to four days of community service.