Elements of the Crime: Perjury
Perjury is a serious offense that carries very serious consequences. Below are the statutes and jury instructions regarding the offense...
Elements of the Crime: Texting while Driving
Texting while driving is a civil infraction, not a criminal offense. For commercial drivers, the limitations on "texting" has expanded...
Elements of the Crime: Refusing a Chemical Test for OWI
If you have been arrested for OWI, there may be additional sanctions from the Michigan Secretary of State if you refused to take a...
Elements of the Crime: Possession with Intent to Deliver
Both possession and intent to deliver may be proved by circumstantial evidence and reasonable inferences drawn therefrom. People v....
Court Rules Traffic Stop Permissible
People v Joe, COA No. 323515 Issues: Search & seizure; Motion to suppress cocaine evidence; Alleged illegal seizure in violation of the...
Statutory Violation Not Enough to Suppress Evidence in OWI Case
People v. Zablocki, COA 328152 Issues: Suppression of the defendant’s blood test results in connection with charges of operating a motor...
Prosecution Fails to Timely Notify Defendant of Habitual Offender Charge
People v Muhammad, COA No. 317054 Issues: The habitual offender notice; The prosecution’s failure to timely notify the defendant of its...
Court Upholds Police Traffic Stop
People v Simmons, COA No. 320216 (unpublished) Issues: Search & seizure; Motion to suppress evidence; Whether the police had a...
MI Supreme Court finds Defendant's Interrogation was Irrelevant; Grants Defendant New Trial.
People v. Tomasik, SC Docket No. 149372 On order of the Court, leave to appeal having been granted and the briefs and oral arguments of...
In 1956, US Courts Affirmed that Segregated Buses Violated Equal Protection Clause of Constitution
From Browder v. Gayle, 142 F. Supp. 707, 710, 1956 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4194, *1 (D. Ala. 1956): Procedural Posture Plaintiffs, four black...
