Court Opinion

ID: 9656389
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 19:47:34.048258+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:31:16.388508
License: Public Domain

R. M. Maher, J.
(concurring). I concur in the result reached by the majority, but write separately to express my disagreement with the majority’s incredible assertion that a plea of guilty waives a claim of denial of the right to a speedy *590trial. Such a claim, if successful, means that a trial should never take place; hence, it relates to the state’s authority to try a particular defendant. Such a claim is essentially jurisdictional. See People v Alvin Johnson, 396 Mich 424; 240 NW2d 729 (1976).
Nevertheless, on the merits, I find myself unpersuaded that defendant was denied his right to a speedy trial. Accordingly, I join in the affirmance of his conviction.