THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE
Act 328 of 1931
750.254 Possession of counterfeit bank, state or municipal bills or notes.
Sec. 254.
Possession of counterfeit bank bills, etc.—Any person who shall bring into this state, or shall have in his possession, any false, altered, forged or counterfeit bill or note in the similitude of the bills or notes payable to the bearer thereof, or to the order of any person issued by or for this state, or any of its political subdivisions or municipalities, or any bank or banking company, established in this state, or in any of the British provinces in North America, or in any other state or country, with intent to utter or pass the same, or to render the same current as true, knowing the same to be false, forged or counterfeit, shall be guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not more than 5 years, or by fine of not more than 2,500 dollars.
History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- Am. 1934, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 16, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1934 ;-- CL 1948, 750.254
FormerLaw Notes:
See section 8 of Ch. 155 of R.S. 1846, being CL 1857, § 5809; CL 1871, § 7638; How., § 9220; CL 1897, § 11666; CL 1915, § 15439; and CL 1929, § 17055.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
4
cases, 2009–2017 · leading case:
People v. Harrison, 768 N.W.2d 98 (Mich. Ct. App. 2009).
People v. Harrison, 768 N.W.2d 98 (Mich. Ct. App. 2009).
· cites it 8× “Defendant appeals as of right his jury trial convictions of possession of counterfeit bank bills, MCL 750.254, possession of counterfeiting tools, MCL 750.”
People of Michigan v. Regan Adam Reynolds (Mich. Ct. App. 2016).
· cites it 3× “In an in pro per supplemental brief, defendant agreed with his counsel that his prior convictions should have been treated as low severity offenses under PRV2, but suggested that the correct corresponding state statute was MCL 750.254, pertaining to bank bills or notes.”
People of Michigan v. Ronald Duane Roseburgh (Mich. Ct. App. 2017).
· cites it 3× “Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of possession of counterfeit currency in violation of MCL 750.254. He was sentenced as a fourth-offense habitual offender to imprisonment from 12 months to 10 years.”
People of Michigan v. Ronald Duane Roseburgh (Mich. Ct. App. 2017).
· cites it 3× “Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of possession of counterfeit currency in violation of MCL 750.254. He was sentenced as a fourth-offense habitual offender to imprisonment from 12 months to 10 years.”
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