Sec. 13. If the magistrate determines at the conclusion of the preliminary examination that a felony has not been committed or that there is not probable cause for charging the defendant with committing a felony, the magistrate shall either discharge the defendant or reduce the charge to an offense that is not a felony. If the magistrate determines at the conclusion of the preliminary examination that a felony has been committed and that there is probable cause for charging the defendant with committing a felony, the magistrate shall forthwith bind the defendant to appear within 14 days for arraignment before the circuit court of that county, or the magistrate may conduct the circuit court arraignment as provided by court rule.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 766.13
Discharge of defendant or reduction of charge; binding defendant to appear for arraignment
Applied in 121 court decisions — leading case People v. Goecke (1998)
Most recently applied in People of Michigan v. Samer Shami (April 2018)
1927, Act 175, Eff
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