People v. Sartor

Defendant appeals as of right from his conviction after a jury trial of failing to stop at the scene of a serious personal injury accident in violation of the provisions of § 617 of the Michigan Vehicle Code, MCL 257.617; MSA 9.2317. The trial court sentenced defendant to 180 days in jail. We reverse.

The accident involving defendant occurred in Wexford County near Cadillac in the early morning hours of January 1, 1993. The decedent, Scott Hughes, aged seventeen at the time of the accident, traveled by snowmobile with his brother Greg Hughes and several friends to the Lost Pines Lodge near…