PEOPLE v. HAVEMAN

No. 344825.

938 N.W.2d 773 (2019)

328 Mich. App. 480

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Terra Lee HAVEMAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Submitted May 1, 2019, at Grand Rapids. [DD]` Decided May 30, 2019, at 9:00 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dana Nessel , Attorney General, Fadwa A. Hammoud , Solicitor General, Julie A. Nakfoor Pratt , Prosecuting Attorney, and Joshua Carter , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

The Maul Law Group, PLLC (by Gabriel S. Sanchez , Grand Rapids and Kristen S. Wolfram ) for defendant.

Before: Gleicher, P.J., and Ronayne Krause and O'Brien, JJ.


At issue in this case is whether MCL 750.135a(1), which proscribes leaving children "unattended in a vehicle for a period of time that poses an unreasonable risk of harm or injury to the child or under circumstances that pose an unreasonable risk of harm or injury to the child," is a strict-liability or general-intent offense. The absence of...

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