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PEOPLE v. LONETTA WILLIAMS

Docket No. 140760.

196 Mich. App. 404 (1992)

493 N.W.2d 277

PEOPLE v. LONETTA WILLIAMS

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided October 19, 1992, at 10:15 A.M.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, John D. O'Hair, Prosecuting Attorney, and George E. Ward, Chief Assistant Prosecutor, for the people.

Luther W. Glenn, Jr., for the defendant.

Before: NEFF, P.J., and GRIBBS and SHEPHERD, JJ.

SHEPHERD, J.

Thirty-sixth District Court Judge William J. Hathaway tried defendant in absentia for second-degree retail fraud, MCL 750.356d; MSA 28.588(4), ruling that she was not entitled to a continuance after failing to appear for her trial. Detroit Recorder's Court Judge Michael F. Sapala reversed the district court's decision. The prosecution appeals by leave granted, and we affirm.

On August 13, 1989, a Sunday, defendant was arrested for allegedly stealing...

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