People v. Antonio Johnson

This is a prosecutor’s appeal by leave granted to review the trial court’s pretrial decision to suppress a statement made by the defendant after his arrest, but before his formal arraignment. On defendant’s motion, a Walker1 hearing was held. At the conclusion of the hearing, the court found that, although defendant was properly advised of and waived his Miranda2 rights, the statement must be suppressed because he was not arraigned without unnecessary delay, a violation of MCL 764.26; MSA 28.885.3 The prosecution for manslaughter,4 MCL 750.321; MSA 28.553, has been stayed, pending our review…