PEOPLE v. DONALDSON

Docket Nos. 22913, 22914, 22915, 22916, 22917.

65 Mich. App. 588 (1975)

237 N.W.2d 570

PEOPLE v. DONALDSON

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided November 13, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, and John R. Weber, Special Prosecuting Attorney for Marquette County (Prosecuting Attorneys Appellate Service, Edward R. Wilson, Special Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for the people.

Shumar & Murphy, for defendant.

Before: ALLEN, P.J., and DANHOF and M.F. CAVANAGH, JJ.


M.F. CAVANAGH, J.

Defendant is charged with prison escape, MCLA 750.349; MSA 28.581, and kidnapping, MCLA 750.193; MSA 28.390. By leave defendant brings this interlocutory appeal from the denial of several pretrial defense motions.

Defendant argues that he was denied his right to a speedy trial because of a delay of over 20 months between arrest and trial. Four factors are considered in the review of a speedy trial claim: length of delay, the reason for the...

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