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Cylenthia LaToye Miller

Nonpartisan · MI · Judge, Criminal Division, Wayne County Third Judicial Circuit Court

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Cylenthia LaToye Miller is a judge in the Criminal Division of Michigan's Third Judicial Circuit Court in Wayne County. She joined the Third Circuit in 2019 after serving on Detroit's 36th District Court from 2006 to 2019. Miller founded and presided over Street Outreach Court Detroit, a specialty court that helps people experiencing homelessness resolve certain civil infractions and misdemeanors. Before becoming a judge, she directed the City of Detroit Employment and Training Department and served as an assistant general counsel to the mayor. She previously practiced at Lewis & Munday and Dykema. Miller earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from Wayne State University and a law degree from Michigan State University College of Law.

Track record

Public Safety and Crime Control

· 3 records

  • Cylenthia LaToye Miller granted Jeremiah Bryant Holmes Youthful Trainee Act status after accepting his guilty plea to assault with intent to do great bodily harm; a later federal order summarily dismissed Bryant's claims against Miller.

    March 26, 2026For

    Source: law.justia.com · researched July 13, 2026

  • Cylenthia LaToye Miller advised the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners on changes to the department's juvenile-and-school-incidents directive, citing Michigan custody, detention, diversion, and juvenile-statement rules.

    November 18, 2025For

    Source: detroitmi.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Cylenthia LaToye Miller testified to a Michigan Senate committee in support of SB 342, which addressed discipline for law-enforcement officers who knowingly give false or misleading information during internal investigations.

    June 26, 2025For

    Source: committees.senate.michigan.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Civil Rights

· 4 records

  • Cylenthia LaToye Miller dismissed felony-murder and first-degree child-abuse charges against Charles Evans during trial after finding that prosecution discovery failures denied a fair proceeding.

    December 8, 2025For

    Source: wxyz.com · researched July 13, 2026

  • Cylenthia LaToye Miller testified before the Michigan Supreme Court in support of adding provisional and registered foreign-language interpreter categories to address interpreter shortages and low oral-exam passage rates.

    November 19, 2025For

    Source: courts.michigan.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Cylenthia LaToye Miller ordered possession of a property returned to its owner in a dispute arising from a Wayne County tax foreclosure.

    March 16, 2018For

    Source: meridianlawcounselors.wordpress.com · researched July 13, 2026

  • Cylenthia LaToye Miller helped found and presided over Street Outreach Court Detroit, which let people experiencing homelessness resolve civil infractions and misdemeanors through individualized service plans and court relief.

    June 20, 2013For

    Source: legalnews.com · researched July 13, 2026

General

· 1 record

  • As director of Detroit's Employment and Training Department, Cylenthia LaToye Miller asked the City Council to authorize acceptance of $860,200 in state workforce funding for programs operated through Focus: HOPE; the council adopted the request.

    November 12, 2004

    Source: detroitmi.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Integrity and Ethics

· 1 record

  • Cylenthia LaToye Miller pleaded no contest to a checkpoint violation after carrying a loaded firearm through Detroit Metropolitan Airport security; the court imposed 90 days of probation and $1,400 in fines and costs.

    September 16, 2024

    Source: fox17online.com · researched July 13, 2026

Legal Competence

· 6 records

  • The Michigan Supreme Court appointed Cylenthia LaToye Miller to a full term on the Judicial Education Board running from January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2029.

    December 18, 2025For

    Source: courts.michigan.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Governor Gretchen Whitmer appointed Cylenthia LaToye Miller to Michigan's Juvenile Residential Facilities Advisory Committee for a term ending October 1, 2024.

    May 9, 2023For

    Source: michigan.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Cylenthia LaToye Miller began serving as presiding judge of the Third Circuit Court's Family Division, Juvenile Section.

    January 1, 2023For

    Source: 3rdcc.org · researched July 13, 2026

  • Governor Gretchen Whitmer appointed Cylenthia LaToye Miller to the Wayne County Third Judicial Circuit Court after thirteen years on Detroit's 36th District Court.

    July 24, 2019For

    Source: michigan.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Cylenthia LaToye Miller found enough evidence to bind over Bob Carmack for trial in Detroit's land-sale fraud case against him.

    May 24, 2019For

    Source: fox2detroit.com · researched July 13, 2026

  • Cylenthia LaToye Miller dismissed a felony misconduct-in-office charge against Detroit Police Corporal Dewayne Jones after reviewing video evidence, while allowing a misdemeanor assault-and-battery charge to proceed to trial.

    January 15, 2019For

    Source: wxyz.com · researched July 13, 2026

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Profile last researched July 13, 2026.