16.9Juvenile’s Right to a Speedy Trial

MCR 6.909(C) provides:

“Within 7 days of the filing of a motion, the court shall release a juvenile who has remained in detention while awaiting trial for more than 91 days to answer for the specified juvenile violation unless the trial has commenced. In computing the 91-day period, the court is to exclude delays as provided in MCR 6.004(C)(1) through [MCR 6.004(C)](6)[1] and the time required to conduct the hearing on the motion.”

Part C—Juvenile Sentencing Hearings

1    MCR 6.004(C)(1)-(6) apply when calculating permissible pretrial delay in criminal felony and misdemeanor cases in which the defendant is incarcerated. For further discussion of MCR 6.004(C), see the Michigan Judicial Institute’s Criminal Proceedings Benchbook, Vol. 1, Chapter 9.