PEOPLE OF MI V HOWARD TRIMMER
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,
UNPUBLISHED
June 12, 1998
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v
No. 198513
Recorder’s Court
LC No. 94-012305
HOWARD TRIMMER,
Defendant-Appellant.
Before: Wahls, P.J., and Jansen and Gage, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Defendant appeals as of right his bench trial conviction for assault with intent to commit great
bodily harm less than murder. MCL 750.84; MSA 28.279. We affirm. This appeal is being decided
without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).
On appeal, defendant asserts that the trial court erred in denying his motion to dismiss for
violation of the 180-day rule, MCL 780.131(1); MSA 28.969(1); MCR 6.004(D). We disagree.
The 180-day rule does not require that trial commence within 180 days. It requires only that a
prosecutor must make a good faith effort to bring a criminal charge to trial within the applicable 180-day
period. People v Jones, ___ Mich App ___; ___ NW2d ___ (Docket No. 152860, issued 2/20/98).
Delay attributable to a defendant’s request for an adjournment is not chargeable against the 180-day
period. People v Hendershot, 357 Mich 300; 98 NW2d 568 (1959).
Here, a substantial portion of the delay was attributable to the withdrawal of defendant’s trial
counsel, and requests for adjournment made at defendant’s request. Subtracting time attributable to
defendant from the total number of days between defendant’s incarceration and the beginning of trial
shows that less than 180 days of delay were attributable to the prosecutor. The trial court did not err in
finding that the 180-day rule was not violated, and in denying defendant’s motion to dismiss.
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Affirmed.
/s/ Myron H. Wahls
/s/ Kathleen Jansen
/s/ Hilda R. Gage
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