PEOPLE v. MAYNOR

Docket No. 123760, Calendar No. 12.

683 N.W.2d 565 (2004)

470 Mich. 289

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Tarajee Shaheer MAYNOR, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided June 29, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, David G. Gorcyca, Prosecuting Attorney, Joyce F. Todd, Chief, Appellate Division, and Anica Letica, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Pontiac, MI, for the people.

Elbert L. Hatchett and Kevin L. Laidler, Pontiac, MI, for the defendant.

Charles Sherman, President, Michael E. Duggan, Prosecuting Attorney, and Timothy A. Baughman, Chief of Research, Training, and Appeals, Detroit, MI, for the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan.


TAYLOR, J.

The issue presented in this case is whether first-degree child abuse1 requires the prosecution to establish only that defendant intended to commit an act that causes serious physical harm or whether it requires the prosecution to prove not only that defendant intended the act, but also that, by so acting, she intended to cause serious physical harm or knew that serious physical harm would be caused.

We hold that, pursuant...

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