People v. Clay

*373Holbrook, Jr., J.

(dissenting). I respectfully dissent. While I agree with the majority’s recitation of the relevant rules of statutory interpretation, I disagree with its application of those rules to the language of MCL 750.197c; MSA 28.394(3) (assault of an employee of a place of confinement). Specifically, I disagree with the majority’s conclusion that the plain language of the statute indicates “that the Legislature did not intend to require that the prosecution prove that a defendant was ‘lawfully imprisoned’ when he is charged with assaulting a corrections officer while awaiting…