

Vacant Home Sufficient to Support Home Invasion Conviction
Case: People v. Alexander Court: Michigan Court of Appeals ( Unpublished Opinion ) Judges: Per Curiam – Boonstra, Wilder, and Meter Issues: Sufficiency of the evidence to support the defendant’s first-degree home invasion conviction; People v. Wilder; “Dwelling” defined (MCL 750.110a(1)(a)); “Abode” & “residence” defined; People v. Powell Summary: Holding that the house was a dwelling as defined in MCL 750.110a(1)(a), and there was sufficient evidence to support the defendant


Court of Appeals Rules that Parental Rights Should Not Have Been Terminated
Issues: Termination under §§ 19b(3)(g), (i), (j), & (l); In re Trejo Minors; In re Miller; Whether there was evidence that “prior attempts to rehabilitate” the respondent-mother were “unsuccessful”; Whether § (l) violates the Due Process Clauses of the U.S. & Michigan Constitutions; MCL 712A.19b(5); MCL 722.638(1)(b)(i) & (2); In re Moss Minors; In re Jackson; In re JL (KS App.); Florida Dep’t of Children & Families v. Florida (FL Dist. Ct. App.); Parents’ significant liberty