The crime of extortion involves someone attempting to obtain something from another person through certain threats enumerated in the following statute: “Malicious threats to extort money—Any person who shall, either orally or by a written or printed...
Criminal Law
What Are The Penalties For Disarming A Law Enforcement Officer Or Corrections Officer In Michigan?
Resisting and obstructing a law enforcement official performing their official duties is already a major criminal offense, but actually taking away his or her weapon is an even more serious felony offense in itself. This blog article will explore the crime of...
What Are The Penalties For Assaulting Federal Law Enforcement Officers?
On January 6, 2021, thousands of people attended President Trump’s Save America rally in Washington D.C. to support his assertions that the 2020 Election was rigged and stolen. Afterwards, many of his supporters marched down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol...
What Are The Penalties For Committing Bottle Return Fraud In Michigan?
In a notable two-part episode of Seinfeld (“The Bottle Deposit”), Newman and Kramer launch a scheme to redeem empty bottles and cans from New York in Michigan for an extra five cents each on return. Along with Oregon, Michigan’s deposit of 10 cents per bottle...
What Are The Penalties For Recording Documents Without Lawful Cause At The Register Of Deeds In Michigan?
Sovereign citizens are a loose grouping of litigants, tax protestors and con artists who claim to be answerable only to a particular interpretation of common law, constitutions, statutes or court rules. They believe they should decide what laws to obey and...
Can You Possess A Motor Vehicle Master Key In Michigan?
A “motor vehicle master key” means “a key which is designed to open locks on more than one motor vehicle but excludes keys supplied with the motor vehicle by the manufacturer or dealer or the exact duplicate of such keys, and excludes keys supplied with...
What Should You Do If You Find A Dead Body In Michigan?
Most episodes of Law & Order begin with regular New York citizens going about their business when they discover a deceased person on the street, in an alley or even in a building hallway. Suddenly, they are witnesses in a homicide investigation and are...
What Are The Penalties For Crimes Against Pregnant Women That Injure Or Kill A Fetus In Michigan?
In Michigan, unborn fetuses or embryos receive a substantial amount of legal protection in the prosecution of crimes. The Michigan Legislature passed and the governor signed into law Public Act 238 and Public Act 211 of 1998 (the Fetal Protection Act) which...
Can You Lawfully Possess Or Use Body Armor in Michigan?
On May 14, 2022, 18-year old Payton S. Gendron allegedly arrived at the Tops supermarket in a predominantly black neighborhood in Buffalo, New York while wearing body armor, a military helmet with a mounted camera, and carrying a modified Bushmaster XM-15...
What Are The Consequences For Passing A Dishonored Check In Michigan?
It happens. Someone get paid with a check from a customer and the payment ends up bouncing due to insufficient funds (“NSF”). Most of the time, these companies end up letting it go because it just isn’t worth it financially to pursue the customer for the...
