Sec. 3. In the event that, within the time limitation set forth in section 1 of this act, action is not commenced on the matter for which request for disposition was made, no court of this state shall any longer have jurisdiction thereof, nor shall the untried warrant, indictment, information or complaint be of any further force or effect, and the court shall enter an order dismissing the same with prejudice.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.133
Failure to prosecute; dismissal with prejudice
Applied in 49 court decisions — leading case 34 Mich. App. 205 - People v. Herbert Smith (1971)
Most recently applied in People v. Smith (June 2014)
1957, Act 177, Eff
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