Legal Opinion
People v. Swafford
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided March 18, 2009No. Docket 136751; Calendar 8PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarkman, J.
We granted leave to appeal in this case to consider whether the Interstate Agreement on Detain-ers (IAD), MCL 780.601, requires that a detainer be lodged at the institution where the defendant is incarcerated, and, if so, whether there was sufficient evidence in this case that the detainer was properly lodged. The trial court granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the charges with prejudice as a result of the prosecutor’s failure to bring defendant to trial within 180 days of receiving defendant’s request for a final disposition, in violation of Article 111(a) of the IAD. The Court of Appeals…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- United States v. MauroSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Fex v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Alabama v. BozemanSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- People v. OsantowskiMichigan Supreme Court · 2008
- People v. MonasterskiMichigan Court of Appeals · 1981
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3Cited by26 opinions
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