City of Lansing v. Johnson

This case presents the novel question of whether a person can commit a crime while he is asleep. The lower court decided that it was possible, and, more specifically, convicted defendant-appellant of being a disorderly person.

The defendant, Eugene D. Johnson, was convicted under the code of the city of Lansing, section 22-13 (1)' of being a disorderly person,1 vis., being, under the influence of alcoholic liquor in a- public place. He was fined $15,.ordered to pay $10 costs or spend 10 days in the county jail.

The record in the case discloses that a police officer observed defendant’s car…