PEOPLE v. PATTERSON

Docket No. 77724, (Calendar No. 17).

428 Mich. 502 (1987)

410 N.W.2d 733

PEOPLE v. PATTERSON

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided August 7, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, G. Michael Hocking, Prosecuting Attorney, and K. Davison Hunter, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

State Appellate Defender (by Susan J. Smith) for the defendant.


ARCHER, J.

There are two issues in this case. First, did the Court of Appeals err in considering the insufficiency of the evidence, when the issue was not raised in a motion for a new trial? Second, did the Court of Appeals err by finding there was insufficient evidence of force and coercion, an element of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct?

We hold that where a claim of insufficient evidence to support a verdict...

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