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PEOPLE v. DUMAS

Docket No. 102355, Calendar No. 4.

563 N.W.2d 31 (1997)

454 Mich. 390

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rodney DUMAS, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided May 20, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, John D. O'Hair, Prosecuting Attorney, Timothy A. Baughman, Chief, Research, Training and Appeals, and Carolyn M. Breen, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Detroit, for the People.

State Appellate Defender by Peter Jon Van Hoek, Detroit, for Defendant-Appellant.

Dorean Marguerite Koenig, Lansing, amicus curiae, for Criminal Defense Attorneys Association of Michigan.

Opinion

RILEY, Justice.

In this appeal, we are asked to examine the jury instructions given by a trial court in a felony-murder case in light of our decision in People v. Aaron, 409 Mich. 672, 299 N.W.2d 304 (1980). The instructions in the instant case violated Aaron by allowing the jury to convict defendant of murder from his intent to commit the underlying crime alone...

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