People v. Childers

This Court is presented with the question whether Michigan’s Double Jeopardy Clause, Const 1963, art 1, § 15, precludes the state from trying defendant when he was previously convicted in the federal courts1 on charges arising from the same criminal acts. We hold that the state prosecution was not prohibited, reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals, and reinstate defendant’s convictions.

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Defendant, a gunnery sergeant in the United States Marine Corps, was charged with violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice on the basis of the sexual molestation of his minor daughter at…