PEOPLE v. CHATTERTON

Docket No. 47649.

102 Mich. App. 248 (1980)

301 N.W.2d 490

PEOPLE v. CHATTERTON

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided December 3, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, L. Brooks Patterson, Prosecuting Attorney, Robert C. Williams, Chief Appellate Counsel, and Robert F. Davison, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Rabette & O'Dea, P.C., for defendant.

Before: M.F. CAVANAGH, P.J., and D.E. HOLBROOK, JR. and J.H. PIERCEY, JJ.


J.H. PIERCEY, J.

On November 27, 1978, a pickup truck driven by defendant slid across the center lane of a slippery section of a five-lane highway and collided with an oncoming vehicle, seriously injuring an occupant of that vehicle. Defendant was subsequently charged with felonious driving, contrary to MCL 752.191; MSA 28.661, which provides:

"Every person who drives any vehicle upon a highway carelessly and heedlessly in wilful and wanton disregard of the...

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