PEOPLE v. JAMES

No. 342504.

931 N.W.2d 50 (2018)

326 Mich. App. 98

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joel Howard JAMES, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided October 11, 2018, 9:00 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, Aaron D. Lindstrom , Solicitor General, B. Eric Restuccia , Chief Legal Counsel, K. Edward Black , Prosecuting Attorney, Cynthia M. Muszynski , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, and Anica Letica , Assistant Attorney General, for the people.

White Wojda and Curtis (by Daniel W. White and Matthew J. Wojda , Alpena) for defendant.

Before: Murphy, P.J., and Sawyer and Swartzle, JJ.


If a crime occurs, but no one reports it, is it still a crime? To ask the question is to answer it. The state of Michigan has an interest in discovering previously unreported crimes, and this interest serves as a rational basis for the Legislature's tolling of the statute of limitations with respect to nonresidents charged with a crime...

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