Legal Opinion
People v. Blume
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided August 31, 1993No. 93707, (Calendar No. 1)PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCavanagh, C.J.
We must decide today whether Michigan may punish acts allegedly committed in Florida by a Florida resident. We hold that Michigan may exercise extraterritorial jurisdiction over acts committed outside Michigan when the acts are intended to and do have a detrimental effect within the state. Here, the prosecutor claims that defendant was involved in a conspiracy and aided and abetted the commission of a crime in Michigan because he knew that the person to whom he sold cocaine was from Michigan. We disagree. The *478"knowledge” to which the prosecutor refers only is part of the evidence necessary to…
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