PEOPLE v. SHARPE

Docket Nos. 155747-155748 (Calendar No. 3).

918 N.W.2d 504 (2018)

502 Mich. 313

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lovell Charles SHARPE, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Filed July 10, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, Aaron D. Lindstrom , Solicitor General, Kym L. Worthy , Prosecuting Attorney, Jason W. Williams , Chief of Research, Training, and Appeals, and Madonna Georges Blanchard , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Jones Day (by Syed Ahmadul Huda), Detroit, for defendant.

BEFORE THE ENTIRE BENCH.


OPINION

At issue in this case is whether the rape-shield statute, MCL 750.520j, precludes the prosecutor from admitting evidence of a complainant's pregnancy, abortion, and lack of other sexual partners during a criminal-sexual-conduct prosecution. On interlocutory appeal, the Court of Appeals held that evidence of the complainant...

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