Michigan Supreme Court· 4/25/2016

People v. Seewald

Citations

499 Mich. 111
879 N.W.2d 237
2016 Mich. LEXIS 689

How courts have described this case

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

stating that probable cause requires either evidence of the elements of a crime or “evidence from which the elements may be inferred”
explaining that to derive a rule law from the facts of a case “when the question was not raised and no legal ruling on it was rendered, is to build a syllogism upon a conjecture.”
explaining that Michigan’s conspiracy statute, like the common law, makes it a crime for two or more persons to reach “an understanding or agreement to accomplish an unlawful end, or a lawful end by unlawful means”
“When possible, we strive to avoid constructions that would render any part of the Legislature’s work nugatory.”
“When possible, we strive to avoid constructions that would render any part of the Legislature’s work nugatory.”
The district court can infer the elements of a crime from evidence for bindover purposes.

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Judges: Young, Markman, Zahra, McCormack, Viviano, Bernstein, Larsen

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