The long delay is pressing a felony concealed weapon charge against star Michigan football player Mazi Smith was "wholly unremarkable," Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit told the Free Press.
The delay centered on Smith not being arrested at the scene when a gun was discovered during a traffic stop on Oct. 7. If Ann Arbor police had immediately arrested Smith, prosecutors would have had to make a decision on charges within 48 hours, Savit said. State law requires an arraignment with 48 hours of an arrest.
Instead, prosecutors received the police department's report on the incident one week later, on Oct.