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People v. Webb

Michigan Court of Appeals

Decided September 14, 1983No. Docket 63387PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Per curiam

The people appeal, by leave granted, from a circuit court decision and order holding that the child torture statute, MCL 750.136a; MSA 28.331(1), is unconstitutionally vague.

Defendants were charged jointly with two counts of child cruelty, MCL 750.136; MSA 28.331, for their treatment of defendant Webb’s two children, Trevor and Derek, and one count of torturing a child, MCL 750.136a; MSA 28.331(1), for their treatment of Derek. Following the preliminary examination, the district judge ordered both defendants bound over on the cruelty count pertaining to Derek, but refused to bind defendants…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. United States v. BatchelderSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Lanzetta v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1939
  3. People v. MartinMichigan Supreme Court · 1976
  4. People v. HowellMichigan Supreme Court · 1976
  5. People v. JankowskiMichigan Supreme Court · 1980

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. People v. MatuszakMichigan Court of Appeals · 2004
  2. State v. CornellOregon Supreme Court · 1987
  3. State v. DanforthWisconsin Supreme Court · 1986
  4. People v. JacksonMichigan Court of Appeals · 1985
  5. Allison v. City of SouthfieldMichigan Court of Appeals · 1988

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