Legal Opinion

People v. McCully

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided December 10, 1895PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Exceptions before judgment from Genesee; Wisner, J. James McCully was convicted of a violation of the statute relating to the careless use of firearms.

1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.

The respondent was convicted under an information charging a violation of section 9111, 2 How. Stat., which provides that any person who shall discharge, without injury to any person, any firearm, *344while intentionally, without malice, aimed towards-any person, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to a fine of not less than $100, or imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one year, or both, at the discretion of the court. The court charged the jury that it was an essential ingredient of the offense that the absence of malice be shown. Respondent’s counsel asked that the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People v. ChappellMichigan Supreme Court · 1873

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. People v. DossMichigan Supreme Court · 1979
  2. People v. PetersonMichigan Supreme Court · 1911
  3. People v. DossMichigan Court of Appeals · 1977
  4. People v. KreidlerMichigan Supreme Court · 1914
  5. People v. DossMichigan Court of Appeals · 1977

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