PEOPLE v. CHAVIS

Docket No. 120112, Calendar No. 10.

658 N.W.2d 469 (2003)

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jack CHAVIS, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided April 8, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Richard Glanda, Detroit, for the defendant-appellee.


OPINION

WEAVER, J.

After waiving his right to a jury trial, defendant was convicted in a bench trial of violating M.C.L. § 750.411a(1), which makes it a crime to intentionally make "a false report of the commission of a crime to a member of the Michigan state police, a sheriff or deputy sheriff, a police officer of a city or village, or any other peace officer of this state knowing the report is false...."1 The issue presented...

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