PEOPLE v. BENTLEY

Docket No. 58756.

121 Mich. App. 36 (1982)

328 N.W.2d 389

PEOPLE v. BENTLEY

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided November 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, Gerald L. White, Prosecuting Attorney, and Mary C. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, for the people.

Currie, Kendall, Keith, Larkin, Pommerville & Merrill, P.C. (by Thomas L. Ludington), for defendant on appeal.

Before: R.B. BURNS, P.J., and D.F. WALSH and P.J. MARUTIAK, JJ.


D.F. WALSH, J.

Defendant Murray James Bentley was convicted of perjury. MCL 750.422; MSA 28.664. He was sentenced to a prison term of 3 to 15 years with credit for 682 days already served. On appeal, defendant claims that he was deprived of his rights under the Interstate Agreement on Detainers (IAD). MCL 780.601; MSA 4.147(1). We agree and reverse defendant's conviction.

The perjury charge arose out of defendant's testimony at a June 24, 1977, show-cause...

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