People v. Breidenbach

In People v Helzer,1 this Court held that when a criminal defendant is charged with being a sexually delinquent person in relation to an underlying sexual offense, separate juries must determine a defendant’s guilt of the sexual delinquency charge and the underlying charge. In this case, defendant was convicted by a single jury of “indecent exposure as a sexually delinquent person.” The trial court granted defendant’s motion for a new trial after the Court of Appeals vacated his conviction on the ground that the first trial violated his procedural rights under Helzer. The prosecutor appealed,…