People v. Crawford

A statute requires that the magistrate set a day for a preliminary examination not exceeding twelve days after the arraignment before him of a person charged with having committed a felony.1

*155In People v Weston, 413 Mich 371, 372; 319 NW2d 537 (1982), this Court reviewed the statutory language and said that there was "no question in this case that the date set was more than 12 days after the defendant appeared in the district court,” and ruled that "[t]he magistrate was therefore required to discharge the defendant without prejudice to the prosecutor’s right to later initiate an action against…