Legal Opinion

People v. Carey

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided March 30, 1922No. Docket No. 160PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Exceptions before judgment from St. Clair; Law (Eugene F.), J. Samuel Carey was convicted of an act of gross indecency.

1Opinion of the CourtClark, J.

The information followed the language of the statute, section 15511, 3 Comp. Laws 1915:

“That any male person who in public or private commits or is a party to the commission of or procures or attempts to procure the commission by any male *602person of any act of gross indecency with another male person shall be deemed guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof be punished,” etc.,

—but it did not give the particulars of any act of gross indecency and the term is not defined by the statute. The testimony of a boy who participated in the affair was taken at the preliminary examination, at which…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. People v. HicksMichigan Supreme Court · 1893
  2. People v. McCulloughMichigan Supreme Court · 1890
  3. People v. GirardinMichigan Supreme Court · 1848
  4. People v. PriceMichigan Supreme Court · 1889
  5. People v. SchultzMichigan Supreme Court · 1891

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. People v. HowellMichigan Supreme Court · 1976
  2. People v. DexterMichigan Court of Appeals · 1975
  3. People v. LinoMichigan Supreme Court · 1994
  4. State v. PrejeanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1950
  5. Koa Gora v. Territory of HawaiiCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1946

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