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People v. Dowdy

Citations

  • 384 N.W.2d 820
  • 148 Mich. App. 517

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  • holding that the defendant’s convictions and sentence for five separate penetrations against the same victim during the same encounter were not for the “same offense,” and therefore no double jeopardy violation was shown
  • Johnson only applies in cases where there are multiple punishments under one statute for a single act of penetration
  • “From the language of the statute, it appears that the Legislature intended to authorize separate punishment for each completed sexual penetration.”
  • legislature intended to punish each criminal sexual penetration separately

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Judges: Danhof, Gillis, Warshawsky

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