THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE
Act 328 of 1931
750.158 Crime against nature or sodomy; penalty.
Sec. 158.
Any person who shall commit the abominable and detestable crime against nature either with mankind or with any animal shall be guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not more than 15 years, or if such person was at the time of the said offense a sexually delinquent person, may be punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for an indeterminate term, the minimum of which shall be 1 day and the maximum of which shall be life.
History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.158 ;-- Am. 1952, Act 73, Eff. Sept. 18, 1952
FormerLaw Notes:
See section 16 of Ch. 158 of R.S. 1846, being CL 1857, § 5871; CL 1871, § 7706; How., § 9292; CL 1897, § 11705; CL 1915, § 15479; CL 1929, § 16831; and Act 57 of 1923.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
48
cases (
7 in the last 5 years), 1967–2026 · leading case:
People v. Haynes, 760 N.W.2d 283 (Mich. Ct. App. 2008).
People v. Haynes, 760 N.W.2d 283 (Mich. Ct. App. 2008).
· cites it 10× “MCL 750.158. The trial court sentenced defendant as a fourth-offense habitual offender, MCL 769.”
People v. Lino, 527 N.W.2d 434 (Mich. 1994).
· cites it 4× “MCL 750.158; MSA 28.355. See Bowers , n 6 supra.”
People v. Helzer, 273 N.W.2d 44 (Mich. 1978).
· cites it 6× “See MCL 750.158; MSA 28.355 (sodomy); MCL 750.”
Jegley v. Picado, 80 S.W.3d 332 (Ark. 2002).
· cites it 2× “Nine states and Puerto Rico maintain statutes prohibiting same-sex and opposite-sex sodomy: Alabama-Ala.”
People of Michigan v. Lonnie James Arnold, 918 N.W.2d 164 (Mich. 2018).
“SEXUAL-DELINQUENCY SENTENCING BEFORE THE GUIDELINES As noted, the threshold question we must address is what the proper interpretation of the sexual-delinquency scheme was before the sentencing guidelines were adopted in 1998.”
People v. Temelkoski, 859 N.W.2d 743 (Mich. Ct. App. 2014).
· cites it 2× “(b) All of the following: (i) The individual was convicted of a violation of [MCL 750.158, MCL 750.338, MCL 750.338a, or MCL 750.”
People v. Carrier, 254 N.W.2d 35 (Mich. Ct. App. 1977).
· cites it 5× “277, and aiding and abetting in the commission of a crime against nature, MCLA 750.158; MSA 28.355. He appeals as of right.”
People v. Kern, 149 N.W.2d 216 (Mich. Ct. App. 1967).
“570); CLS 1961, § 750.158 (Stat Ann 1962 Rev § 28.355).”
People v. Winford, 273 N.W.2d 54 (Mich. 1978).
· cites it 2× “570(2), and the sodomy statute, MCL 750.158; MSA 28.355. [7] MCL 330.54; MSA 14.”
People v. Woodward, 175 N.W.2d 842 (Mich. Ct. App. 1970).
· cites it 2× “1 MCLA § 750.158 (Stat Ann 1962 Rev § 28.355).”
People v. Dexter, 148 N.W.2d 915 (Mich. Ct. App. 1975).
“Count 3: Did then and there feloniously attempt to commit the abominable and detestable crime against nature, to-wit: sodomy, with Edwin Lee Woodard, by having unnatural carnal copulation with said Edwin Lee Woodard, contrary to CLS 1961, § 750.158 (Stat Ann 1962 Rev § 28.355).…”
People v. Conville, 222 N.W.2d 312 (Mich. Ct. App. 1974).
· cites it 2× “287, MCLA 750.158; MSA 28.355. He was sentenced to three to five years in prison and appeals.”
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