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PEOPLE v. KING

Docket No. 259295.

721 N.W.2d 271 (2006)

271 Mich. App. 235

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Genevieve Violarose KING, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided June 6, 2006, at 9:00 a.m.

Released for Publication August 31, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, Anthony J. Cicchelli, Prosecuting Attorney, and Brian Neill, Assistant Attorney General, for the people.

Law Office of Patrick Dougherty, PLC (by Patrick A. Dougherty), Manistee, for the defendant.

Before: SAWYER, P.J., and KELLY and DAVIS, JJ.

SAWYER, P.J.

We are asked in this case to determine what constitutes the corpus delicti for a charge of accessory after the fact. In light of the purpose of the rule, we determine that the corpus delicti of accessory after the fact is the same as the corpus delicti of the underlying crime itself. In this case, because the prosecutor had established the corpus delicti for both murder and unlawfully driving away an automobile, the trial court...

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