PEOPLE v. SMITH-ANTHONY

Docket No. 145371. Calendar No. 8.

837 N.W.2d 415 (2013)

494 Mich. 669

PEOPLE v. SMITH-ANTHONY.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 30, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, John J. Bursch , Solicitor General, Jessica R. Cooper , Prosecuting Attorney, Thomas A. Grden , Appellate Division Chief and Matthew A. Fillmore , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Law Office of John D. Roach, Jr., PLC (by John D. Roach, Jr. , Detroit), for defendant.


Opinion of the Court

VIVIANO, J.

In this case, we consider the meaning of the phrase "from the person of another" under MCL 750.357, the larceny-from-the-person statute. Until 2004, Michigan's robbery statute contained this phrase as well, so we also consider whether the 2004 amendment that removed this phrase from the robbery statute1 altered the meaning of "from the person" in the...

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