People v. Williams

Defendant pleaded guilty to a charge of resisting arrest, MCL 750.479; MSA 28.747, but failed to appear for sentencing. He was subsequently arrested and charged with absconding on a felony bond, MCL 750.199a; MSA 28.396(1). Defendant moved to quash the information on the ground that the misdemeanor offense of resisting arrest, which is punishable by imprisonment for not more than two years, could not support a charge of absconding on a felony bond. After the trial court denied the motion to quash, defendant pleaded guilty of the absconding on bond charge and was sentenced to serve two…