People v. Theodore Williams

Defendant brings this interlocutory appeal, alleging that the Newaygo County Circuit Court erred in denying defendant’s motion to dismiss a criminal charge of murder. Defendant, previously committed to the Ionia State Hospital in 1968 as a criminal sexual psychopathic person, claims that the maintenance of the current criminal action (1) violates the "180-day rule”, (2) violates his right to a speedy trial, and (3) violates a statute, MCLA 780.508; MSA 28.967(8), repealed by 1968 PA 143, § 2, which prohibited trial for the offense that originally resulted in his commitment as a criminal…