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Michigan Supreme Court· 6/2/1992

People v. Russo

Citations

  • 487 N.W.2d 698
  • 439 Mich. 584

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

  • holding that a six-and-one-half-year-old allegation of child pornography possession was not stale because it was supported by credible testimony alleging that the defendant committed sexual assault against a child
  • stating that the statute’s reference to a victim who “was” under 18 years old at the time of the offense supported retroactive application of the limitations period to previously committed crimes
  • explaining that an informant caught with drugs inculpating his supplier “often [has] little or no probative value” given the informant’s self-serving motivation to reduce his own punishment and the potential that he would deflect blame to some third party to protect his supplier
  • noting there is a “reasonable inference . . . that a person will get rid of incriminating evidence” when the offense involves “the possession of contraband”
  • finding there was probable cause for search warrant for child pornography six and a half years after child pornography was last seen at the defendant’s home
  • “[P]hotographs guarantee that there will always be an image of the child at the age of sexual preference because the photograph preserves the child’s youth forever.”

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Judges: Levin, Riley, Griffin, Mallett, Boyle, Brickley, Cavanagh

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