People v. Goold

Defendant, Randy B. Goold, appeals by leave granted. He challenges the circuit court’s order denying his motion to quash the count in the information charging him with third-degree criminal sexual conduct (esc m) against his twenty-one-year-old stepdaughter, because she was a relative within three degrees of affinity, MCL 750.520d(l)(d); MSA 28.788(4)(l)(d). We address whether a prosecutor may charge a defendant both with criminal sexual conduct under MCL 750.520d(l)(d); MSA 28.788(4)(l)(d) and with one or more other offenses made criminal under other sections of the statutes prohibiting…