Legal Opinion
People v. Adams
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided March 27, 1973No. 11 March Term 1972, Docket No. 53,562PublishedCited by 160 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
There are three controlling issues. First, is that part of the Michigan kidnapping statute, MCLA 750.349; MSA 28.581, reading "[a]ny person who wilfully, maliciously and without lawful authority shall forcibly * * * confine or imprison any other person within this state against his will * * * shall be guilty of a felony,” constitutionally viable without interpolating asportation or some similar element? Second, could the jury lawfully find asportation under the facts of this case? Third, was the jury lawfully charged?
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