PEOPLE v. YOUNG

No. 124811. Calendar No. 2.

693 N.W.2d 801 (2005)

472 Mich. 130

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wayne L. YOUNG, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided March 29, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, Kym L. Worthy, Prosecuting Attorney, Timothy A. Baughman, Chief of Research, Training, and Appeals, and Jon P. Wojtala, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people. [Detroit, MI].

State Appellate Defender (by Valerie R. Newman) for the defendant. [Detroit, MI].

Before the Entire Bench.


CORRIGAN, J.

In People v. McCoy, 392 Mich. 231, 220 N.W.2d 456 (1974), this Court invented a new rule regarding cautionary instructions on accomplice testimony. That rule provided that the trial court's failure to give a cautionary instruction upon a defense request requires reversal of a conviction. Moreover, reversal may be required even in...

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