Legal Opinion

People v. Adams

Michigan Court of Appeals

Decided June 24, 1971No. Docket 3940Published

1Opinion of the Court

34 Mich. App. 546 (1971)

192 N.W.2d 19

PEOPLE

v.

OTIS ADAMS

Docket No. 3940.

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided June 24, 1971.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, Bruce A. Barton, Prosecuting Attorney, and Paul R. Adams, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

James S. Treciak, for defendant on appeal.

Before: J.H. GILLIS, P.J., and BRONSON and LEVIN, JJ.

Leave to appeal granted, 385 Mich 784.

LEVIN, J.

The defendant, Otis L. Adams, appeals his conviction of kidnapping.

Kidnapping is now a statutory, not a common-law crime. The relevant portion of our statute…

2Cases cited68 opinions

  1. Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. Morissette v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  3. Haguer v. Committee for Industrial OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
  4. Screws v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  5. Bouie v. City of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964

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