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PEOPLE v. THOUSAND

Docket No. 116967, Calendar No. 9.

631 N.W.2d 694 (2001)

465 Mich. 149

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Christopher THOUSAND, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 27, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer M. Granholm, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, Michael E. Duggan, Prosecuting Attorney, and Timothy A. Baughman, Chief of Research, Training and Appeals, Detroit, MI, for the people.

David E. Fregolle, Southfield, MI, for the defendant-appellee.

Opinion

YOUNG, J.

We granted leave in this case to consider whether the doctrine of "impossibility" provides a defense to a charge of attempt to commit an offense prohibited by law under M.C.L. § 750.92, or to a charge of solicitation to commit a felony under M.C.L. § 750.157b. The circuit court granted defendant's motion to quash and dismissed all charges against him on the basis that it was legally impossible for him to have committed any of...

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