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PEOPLE v. DATEMA

Docket No. 97758, (Calendar No. 8).

448 Mich. 585 (1995)

533 N.W.2d 272

PEOPLE v. DATEMA

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided May 16, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, William A. Forsyth, Prosecuting Attorney, and Timothy K. McMorrow, Chief Appellate Attorney, for the people.

State Appellate Defender (by Amy Neville) for the defendant.

BOYLE, J.

We granted leave to consider whether the misdemeanor-manslaughter rule1 should be abandoned in light of the change in Michigan's homicide law resulting from this Court's opinion in People v Aaron, 409 Mich. 672; 299 N.W.2d 304 (1980). After careful consideration of the record, we decline the invitation to decriminalize responsibility for a death found...

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