People v. Lemons

We granted leave to appeal in People v Mary Lemons to decide whether defendant Mary Cadry Lemons was entitled to a jury instruction on duress where her defense was that the charged offenses never occurred,1 and whether she was entitled to an instruction on criminal sexual conduct in the second degree. We granted leave in People v Llewellyn Lemons to decide whether defendant Llewellyn Lemons’ sentence of sixty to ninety years was lawful where defendant was forty-five years old at sentencing.

We reverse the decisions of the Court of Appeals in both cases. We reinstate Ms. Lemons’ convictions and…