PEOPLE v. PINKNEY

Docket No. 325856.

891 N.W.2d 891 (2016)

316 Mich. App. 450

PEOPLE v. PINKNEY.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Resubmitted after abeyance July 1, 2016.

Decided July 26, 2016, at 9:00 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, Aaron D. Lindstrom , Solicitor General, Michael J. Sepic , Prosecuting Attorney, and Aaron J. Mead , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Timothy M. Holloway , Taylor, for defendant.

Amici Curiae: Mark P. Fancher , Detroit, Michael J. Steinberg , Ann Arbor, and Kary L. Moss , for American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan.

Kathy H. Murphy , for the Detroit/Michigan Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild.

Before: O'BRIEN, P.J., and K.F. KELLY and FORT HOOD, JJ.


Defendant, Edward Pinkney, was convicted by a jury of five counts of election forgery, MCL 168.937, but acquitted of six counts of making a false statement in a certificate-of-recall petition, MCL 168.957. He was sentenced as a fourth-offense habitual offender, MCL 769.12, to concurrent prison terms of 30 to 120 months. He appeals...

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