People v. Rogers

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As indicated by my colleague, Justice Mallett, the novel question presented to us is whether a person who is operating a snowmobile on a public *613highway1 while intoxicated can be charged and prosecuted under the Michigan Motor Vehicle Code’s ouil provisions. MCL 257.625; MSA 9.2325. The district court dismissed the ouil charge against the defendant, and the circuit court affirmed. However, the Court of Appeals reversed, finding that an intoxicated person driving a snowmobile on a highway can properly be charged with ouil. Unpublished opinion per curiam of the Court of Appeals, decided…