Legal Opinion
People v. Coutu
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided September 10, 1999No. Docket 188417PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON REMAND
Before: Hood, P.J., and McDonald and Sawyer, JJ. Per Curiam.
The district court refused to bind defendants over on charges of misconduct in office and conspiracy to commit misconduct in office, MCL 750.505; MSA 28.773 and MCL 750.157a; MSA 28.354(1). It dismissed the charges after concluding that proof of a quid pro quo linking inmates’ gifts to favors by defendants was a necessary element of the charge of misconduct in office and that there was no evidence of quid pro quo. In August 1995, the circuit court affirmed the district court’s ruling. The prosecution appealed by leave…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Garrity v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- People v. ThomasMichigan Supreme Court · 1991
- People v. PickettMichigan Supreme Court · 1954
- Donna Singer v. State of Maine, John LafaverCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
- People v. CoutuMichigan Supreme Court · 1999
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- State v. AikenSupreme Court of Georgia · 2007
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