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PEOPLE v. PINKNEY

No. 154374.

912 N.W.2d 535 (2018)

501 Mich. 259

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edward PINKNEY, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Filed May 1, 2018.

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 for defendant.

Richard D. Friedman , Mark P. Fancher , and Michael J. Steinberg , amicus curiae, for the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan.

BEFORE THE ENTIRE BENCH (except Clement, J.)

OPINION

The issue in this case is whether defendant can be convicted of election-law forgery under MCL 168.937. The Court of Appeals upheld defendant's convictions under that provision, holding that MCL 168.937 creates the substantive offense of election-law forgery. We disagree and hold that MCL 168.937 is nothing more than...

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