PEOPLE v. SWIFT

Docket No. 121964.

188 Mich. App. 619 (1991)

470 N.W.2d 491

PEOPLE v. SWIFT

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided April 16, 1991, at 9:40 A.M.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Gay Secor Hardy, Solicitor General, and John L. Livesay, Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Before: NEFF, P.J., and SHEPHERD and McDONALD, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The people appeal as of right from an August 18, 1989, order dismissing the criminal charges filed against defendant on the basis of the prosecution's failure to prove venue independent of defendant's confession. We reverse.

The sole issue to be determined on appeal is whether venue constitutes part of the corpus delicti of an offense and thus must be proven independent of a defendant's confession...

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