PEOPLE v. EVANS

Docket No. 141381.

810 N.W.2d 535 (2012)

491 Mich. 1

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lamar EVANS, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

March 26, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, John J. Bursch , Solicitor General, Kym L. Worthy , Prosecuting Attorney, and Timothy A. Baughman , Chief of Research, Training and Appeals, for the people.

Jonathan B.D. Simon , Bloomfield, for defendant.


Opinion

ZAHRA, J.

This case presents the question whether the Double Jeopardy Clauses of the state and federal constitutions bar defendant's retrial. Defendant was accused of burning a vacant house and charged on that basis with burning other real property in violation of MCL 750.73. There is no dispute that the trial court wrongly added an extraneous element to the statute under which defendant was charged. Specifically, the trial court ruled that the prosecution...

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