PEOPLE v. MARDLIN

Docket No. 139146. Calendar No. 4.

790 N.W.2d 607 (2010)

487 Mich. 609

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Frederick James MARDLIN, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 31, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Cox , Attorney General, B. Eric Restuccia , Solicitor General, Michael D. Wendling , Prosecuting Attorney, and Timothy K. Morris , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Tieber Law Office (by F. Martin Tieber ), East Lansing, for defendant.

Terrence E. Dean for Amicus Curiae Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan.


Opinion

CORRIGAN, J.

The Court of Appeals erroneously concluded that evidence of an unusual number of prior fires—each associated with property owned or controlled by defendant—was inadmissible in this arson case in which defendant was accused of intentionally starting a fire in his home. Because the evidence was not offered to prove defendant's bad character or his propensity to act in conformity with a bad character, the trial court correctly...

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