People v. Jones

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a fetus is not a “person” for purposes of first- degree child abuse, and noting that where the Legislature has intended to provide protections for embryo or fetuses, it has done so by specifically including them in the statutory language

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• People v. Ambrose
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2016-10-25· cited 47×
• People of Michigan v. Edward Duane Pointer-Bey
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2017-10-10· cited 46×
• in Re L D Rippy Minor
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2019-11-14
• In Re M R Simonetta Minor
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2022-02-24

Cites

22 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Roe v. Wade
  Supreme Court· 1973-01-22· cited 5,581×
• People v. Carines
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1999-07-27· cited 3,769×
• Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-29· cited 2,492×
• People v. Metamora Water Service, Inc
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2007-10-26· cited 330×
• People v. Borchard-Ruhland
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1999-07-01· cited 199×
• People v. Fomby
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2013-03-19· cited 194×
• People v Sours
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2016-05-10· cited 160×
• People v. Peltola
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2011-06-14· cited 133×
• People v. Lowe
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2009-08-13· cited 61×
• People v. Phillips
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2003-08-07· cited 60×
• People v. Cathey
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2004-06-24· cited 59×
• People v. Williams
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2010-04-08· cited 56×
• People v. Guthrie
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1980-04-24· cited 44×
• People v. Lange
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2002-08-23· cited 37×
• People v. Hardy
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1991-04-01· cited 30×
• People v. Rutledge
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2002-05-31· cited 24×
• People v. Adkins
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2006-11-15· cited 22×
• People v. Wiggins
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2010-05-20· cited 21×
• People v. Gridiron
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1991-07-22· cited 14×
• People v. Boscaglia
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1984-11-19· cited 13×