PEOPLE v. TAYLOR

Docket No. 217847.

604 N.W.2d 783 (1999)

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kelvin Maurice TAYLOR, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided October 26, 1999, at 9:05 a.m.

Released for Publication January 25, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer M. Granholm, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, Michael D. Thomas, Prosecuting Attorney, and J. Thomas Horiszny, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Gust Triantafillou, for the defendant. Saginaw.

Before: TALBOT, P.J., and FITZGERALD and MARKEY, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The prosecutor appeals as of right from the trial court's order quashing an information charging defendant with escape from jail while awaiting arraignment on a felony, M.C.L. § 750.197(2); MSA 28.394(2). The trial court ruled that the statute did not apply because defendant "was in jail waiting to be booked which is not the same as awaiting examination, trial, arraignment or sentence for a felony." We reverse and hold that an individual may be charged...

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