Legal Opinion
People v. Hermiz
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided July 31, 1996No. Docket Nos. 101689, 102274, Calendar No. 13PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
The question presented in these consolidated criminal appeals is whether Michigan was barred from indicting these defendants for conspiracy to possess with intent to deliver in excess of 650 grams of cocaine when they had previously been convicted in federal court of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine and interstate travel to facilitate a cocaine conspiracy. We would hold that the Michigan Constitution, as the United States Constitution, does not prohibit successive state and federal prosecutions. In so holding, we would overrule People v…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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