People v. Lively

680 N.W.2d 878 (2004)

470 Mich. 248

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

Tiffany Free LIVELY, Defendant-Appellee.

Docket No. 123145, Calendar No. 10.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Argued January 14, 2004.

Decided June 16, 2004.

Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, Donald J. McLennan, Prosecuting Attorney, and William E. Molner, Assistant Attorney General, for the people.

Earl R. Spuhler, Rogers City, for the defendant.

CORRIGAN, C.J.

We granted leave to appeal[1] to consider whether the materiality of a false statement is an element of the statutory…