PEOPLE v. DOWDY

Docket No. 287689.

787 N.W.2d 131 (2010)

287 Mich. App. 278

PEOPLE v. DOWDY.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided February 2, 2010, at 9:05 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, B. Eric Restuccia, Solicitor General, Stuart J. Dunnings III, Prosecuting Attorney, and Joseph B. Finnerty, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Patrick J. Eagan, East Lansing, for defendant.

Before: BECKERING, P.J., and MARKEY and BORRELLO, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

On remand from our Supreme Court, the prosecution argues that the trial court erred by dismissing the charges pending against the homeless defendant for failure to comply with the Sex Offenders Registration Act (SORA), MCL 28.721 et seq.1 We affirm.

Resolution of this appeal turns on an interpretation of provisions of SORA. The goal of statutory interpretation is to give...

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