Michigan Court of Appeals· 4/21/2009

People v. Wade

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771 N.W.2d 447
283 Mich. App. 462

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holding that a jury verdict form has to give the jury the option of returning a general not guilty verdict or a not guilty verdict with regard to each offense
“A criminal defendant is deprived of his constitutional right to a jury trial when the jury is not given the opportunity to return a general verdict of not guilty.”
“An issue with a jury verdict form is considered an error in jury instructions.”
“Jury instructions are to be read as a whole rather than extracted piecemeal to establish error. And even if somewhat imperfect, instructions do not create error if they fairly presented the issues to be tried and sufficiently protected the defendant’s rights.”

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Judges: Whitbeck, O'Connell, Owens

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