PEOPLE v. REICHARD

No. 340732.

919 N.W.2d 417 (2018)

323 Mich.App. 613

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Tiffany Lynn REICHARD, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided April 17, 2018, at 9:00 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, Aaron D. Lindstrom , Solicitor General, Jerard M. Jarzynka , Prosecuting Attorney, and Jerrold Schrotenboer , Chief Appellate Attorney, for the people.

Michael A. Faraone PC (by Michael A. Faraone ) for defendant.

Before: Sawyer, P.J., and Borrello and Servitto, JJ.


In this interlocutory appeal, we must resolve the question whether duress may be used as a defense to first-degree felony murder when the claim of duress goes to the defendant's participation in the underlying felony. We agree with the prosecutor that it may not.

Defendant is charged with open murder, with the predicate felony...

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