PEOPLE v. GAHAN

Docket No. 105515, Calendar No. 8.

571 N.W.2d 503 (1997)

456 Mich. 264

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James Edward GAHAN, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided December 23, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, William A. Forsyth, Prosecuting Attorney, Timothy K. McMorrow, Chief Appellate Attorney, and David M. LaGrand, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Grand Rapids, for People.

Arthur H. Landau, Southfield, for Defendant-Appellee.

Sheila N. Robertson, Detroit, amicus curiae, for Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan.


OPINION

TAYLOR, Justice.

I

In this appeal we are asked to determine whether a sentencing court may order a defendant to pay restitution to compensate all the victims who were defrauded by his criminal course of conduct, even though the specific criminal acts committed against some of these victims were not the basis of the defendant's conviction. We hold that the Crime Victim's Rights Act, M.C.L. § 780.766; M.S.A. § 28.1287(766), provides...

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