People v. Stevenson

The people appeal from an order of the circuit court for Kent County dated July 12, 1979, affirming the district court’s grant of defendant’s motion to quash a complaint and warrant for first-degree felony murder against defendant. Affirmance of the district court’s order to quash was based upon the common law year and a day rule. The issue presented is of first impression in Michigan.

On December 15, 1976, defendant Ross Stevenson attempted to rob the Registrar’s Office of Aquinas College. A young man tried to intervene and was shot twice in the abdomen by defendant. Defendant was arrested…