PEOPLE v. JONES

Docket No. 147735.

860 N.W.2d 112 (2014)

497 Mich. 155

PEOPLE v. JONES.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided December 23, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, Aaron D. Lindstrom , Solicitor General, Kym L. Worthy , Prosecuting Attorney, and Timothy A. Baughman , Chief of Research, Training, and Appeals, for the people.

James C. Howarth for defendant.

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, Aaron D. Lindstrom , Solicitor General, Matthew Schneider , Chief Legal Counsel, and B. Eric Restuccia , Deputy Solicitor General, for amici curiae the people.

Peter Jon Van Hoek for amici curiae the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan.


This interlocutory appeal concerns whether a defendant charged with reckless driving causing death1 is entitled to a jury instruction on the misdemeanor lesser offense of moving violation causing death,2 notwithstanding the Legislature's prohibition against such an instruction...

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