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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS


PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v THOMAS VINCENT MACLEAN, Defendant-Appellant.

UNPUBLISHED September 18, 2007

No. 270525 Macomb Circuit Court LC No. 2005-003694-FC

Before: O'Connell, P.J., and Murphy and Fitzgerald, JJ. PER CURIAM. Defendant appeals as of right his jury trial convictions of second-degree murder, MCL 750.317, and operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated causing death, MCL 257.625(4). We affirm. Defendant first argues that his right to a speedy trial was violated. Whether a defendant was denied his constitutional right to a speedy trial is a mixed question of fact and law, and factual findings are reviewed for clear error, whereas questions of constitutional law are reviewed de novo. People v Gilmore, 222 Mich App 442, 459; 564 NW2d 158 (1997). A criminal defendant has a constitutional and statutory right to a speedy trial. US Const, Ams VI and XIV; Const 1963, art 1,

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