City of Portage v. Timmerman

Defendants were convicted for violating an ordinance of the city of Portage and were sentenced therefor. They appealed to the circuit court for the county of Kalamazoo where their motions to dismiss were granted for a reason not pertinent to present decision. The city appealed to this Court as of right and defendants moved to dismiss the appeal because the city had no appeal of right. By orders dated October 27, 1967, defendants’ motions to dismiss were continued until hearing on the merits. Such hearing has been had.

Although Const 1963, art 1, § 20, removes the accused from the restrictions…