A judge has dismissed charges against seven former top Michigan state officials for their alleged role in the Flint water crisis, ruling that the charges weren’t valid due to a procedural error
. The cases against Eden Wells, Richard Baird, Jarrod Agen, Nancy Peeler, Gerald Ambrose, Nicolas Lyon, and Darnell Earley were dismissed without prejudice Tuesday. “Simply put, there are no valid charges to remand for preliminary examination,” 7th Judicial Circuit Court Judge Elizabeth A. Kelly wrote. “This Court must dismiss the charges against Defendants. If the People seek future charges against Defendants, they must follow one of the proper charging procedures outlined by the Supreme Court.
” Michigan state laws do not authorize a judge to issue indictments as a one-man grand jury without a preliminary examination, which was not done in this case, the state Supreme Court ruled at the time. “Here, the Defendants were not charge by complaint or by a traditional grand jury indictment. Instead, the one-person issued an invalid indictment, which was the basis for the issuance of an arrest warrant,” Tuesday’s order read.
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