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People v. Helzer

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided December 29, 1978No. 59064, (Calendar No. 12)PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Blair Moody, Jr., J.

Richard Lee Helzer was

charged in Alpena County with committing two acts of gross indecency with another male, contrary to MCL 750.338; MSA 28.570.1 In the same two-count information, he was further charged with being a sexually delinquent person at the time of the offenses. See, also, MCL 750.338; MSA 28.570.2 Conviction of gross indecency carries a maximum penalty of five years imprisonment.3 However, the additional penalty provided upon a finding of sexual delinquency allows an alternate confinement of one day to life imprisonment.4

Defendant Helzer was convicted by jury…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. People v. StrattonMichigan Court of Appeals · 1968
  2. People v. GriffesMichigan Court of Appeals · 1968
  3. People v. SeamanMichigan Court of Appeals · 1977
  4. People v. WinfordMichigan Supreme Court · 1978
  5. People v. WinfordMichigan Court of Appeals · 1975

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. People v. BreidenbachMichigan Supreme Court · 2011
  2. People v. KellyMichigan Court of Appeals · 1990
  3. People of Michigan v. Lonnie James ArnoldMichigan Supreme Court · 2018
  4. People v. OswaldMichigan Court of Appeals · 1991
  5. People v. RoupeMichigan Court of Appeals · 1986

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