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PEOPLE v. RAMSEY

Docket Nos. 67269, 68636. (Calendar Nos. 4, 5).

422 Mich. 500 (1985)

375 N.W.2d 297

PEOPLE v. RAMSEY PEOPLE v. BOYD

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided September 17, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, John D. O'Hair, Prosecuting Attorney, Edward Reilly Wilson, Deputy Chief, Civil and Appeals, and Timothy A. Baughman, Principal Attorney, Research, Training and Appeals, for the people in Ramsey and Boyd.

State Appellate Defender (by Norris J. Thomas, Chief Deputy Defender and Rolf E. Berg, Assistant Defender) and Lauck, Leto & Cavanaugh, P.C. (by Frederick W. Lauck), for defendant Ramsey.

State Appellate Defender (by Rolf E. Berg) for defendant Boyd.

Amici Curiae:

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, and Michael A. Nickerson, Assistant Attorney General, for the Attorney General.

Arthur J. Tarnow and Mark Granzotto for Michigan Psychiatric Society.

John F. Salan for Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan.

BRICKLEY, J.

These cases involve the constitutionality of MCL 768.36; MSA 28.1059, the statute which introduced the verdict of guilty but mentally ill to this state. In both cases, it is asserted that the guilty but mentally ill verdict violates principles of due process of law. We hold the statute to be constitutional.

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Defendant Bruce Ramsey was charged with first-degree murder, MCL 750.316; MSA 28.548, as a

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