PEOPLE v. HARRIS

Docket No. 146212. Calendar No. 7.

845 N.W.2d 477 (2014)

495 Mich. 120

PEOPLE v. HARRIS.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided April 3, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, Aaron D. Lindstrom , Solicitor General, John A. McColgan, Jr. , Prosecuting Attorney, and Randy L. Price , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

State Appellate Defender (by Peter Jon Van Hoek ) for defendant.


ZAHRA, J.

In People v. Fobb, the Court of Appeals held that an extortion conviction under the "against his will" prong of MCL 750.213 may only be maintained when the act defendant sought to compel entailed "serious consequences" to the victim.1 This case requires us to revisit the Fobb decision. In the instant case, a jury convicted defendant of extortion after he maliciously threatened to injure a mechanic unless the mechanic...

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