People v. Youngs
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Hillsdale; Chester, J. Clarence Youngs was convicted of an attempt to break and enter a dwelling, and sentenced to imprisonment for’ two years and six months in the state prison at Jackson..
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
Two questions present themselves: (1) Does the statute in question change the common-law rule as to what constitutes an attempt to commit an offense ? (2) If not, whether the facts stated show an attempt, as defined at the common law. In my opinion, both these questions should be answered in the negative. The statute, in terms, relat.es to attempts to commit a crime, and, to make the intent still more certain, provides that, before the offense shall be complete, the accused shall do some act towards the commission of such offense. This does not eliminate any of the elements of the common-law…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hicks v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1889
- People v. MurrayCalifornia Supreme Court · 1859
- McDade v. PeopleMichigan Supreme Court · 1874
- Griffin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1858
- People v. MachenMichigan Supreme Court · 1888
3Cited by26 opinions
- People v. WerblowNew York Court of Appeals · 1925
- People v. ColemanMichigan Supreme Court · 1957
- State v. DoranSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1904
- People v. BowenMichigan Court of Appeals · 1968
- State v. DavisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1928
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