People v. Holley

At issue is whether MCL 750.483a(l)(b), which provides that a “person shall not. . . [p]revent or attempt to prevent through the unlawful use of physical force another person from reporting a crime committed or attempted by another person,” requires the prosecution to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that someone committed or attempted to commit the crime that was sought to be reported, in this case felonious assault, in order to secure a conviction. Because we conclude that neither the placement of subsection 1(b) in the statutory scheme of MCL 750.483a nor the grammatical construction of…