Legal Opinion
People v. Cline
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided November 27, 2007No. Docket 268604PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSchuette, J.
Defendant appeals as of right his December 22, 2005, jury conviction of one count of kidnapping, MCL 750.349, and 17 counts of first-degree vulnerable-adult abuse, MCL 750.145n(l). Defendant was sentenced to concurrent prison terms of 25 to 40 years for kidnapping and 10 to 15 years on each count of first-degree vulnerable-adult abuse. Defendant received 241 days’ credit for time served in jail. We affirm.
I. FACTS
This case arises out of defendant’s abuse of his wife, Linda Cline, who is completely blind and is a brittle, type I diabetic. Linda and defendant first met in January 2001 at the…
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