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Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.349b (2026)

Unlawful imprisonment; circumstances; violation as felony; penalty; definitions; other violation.

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THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE


Act 328 of 1931


750.349b Unlawful imprisonment; circumstances; violation as felony; penalty; definitions; other violation.

Sec. 349b.

    (1) A person commits the crime of unlawful imprisonment if he or she knowingly restrains another person under any of the following circumstances:

    (a) The person is restrained by means of a weapon or dangerous instrument.

    (b) The restrained person was secretly confined.

    (c) The person was restrained to facilitate the commission of another felony or to facilitate flight after commission of another felony.

    (2) A person who commits unlawful imprisonment is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 15 years or a fine of not more than $20,000.00, or both.

    (3) As used in this section:

    (a) "Restrain" means to forcibly restrict a person's movements or to forcibly confine the person so as to interfere with that person's liberty without that person's consent or without lawful authority. The restraint does not have to exist for any particular length of time and may be related or incidental to the commission of other criminal acts.

    (b) "Secretly confined" means either of the following:

    (i) To keep the confinement of the restrained person a secret.

    (ii) To keep the location of the restrained person a secret.

    (4) This section does not prohibit the person from being charged with, convicted of, or sentenced for any other violation of law that is committed by that person while violating this section.

History: Add. 2006, Act 160, Eff. Aug. 24, 2006

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 286 cases (99 in the last 5 years), 2009–2026 · leading case: People v. Bosca, 871 N.W.2d 307 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015).
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People v. Bosca, 871 N.W.2d 307 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 18× “213; four counts of unlawful imprisonment, MCL 750.349b; four counts of assault with a dangerous weapon (felonious assault), 1 MCL 750.”
People v. Railer, 792 N.W.2d 776 (Mich. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 6× “Defendant appeals as of right his jury trial conviction of unlawful imprisonment, MCL 750.349b, for which he was sentenced as a third-offense habitual offender, MCL 769.”
People v. Chelmicki, 850 N.W.2d 612 (Mich. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 3× “81(2), and unlawful imprisonment, MCL 750.349b. He was sentenced to 26 days’ imprisonment for the domestic assault conviction and to 50 months to 15 years’ imprisonment for the unlawful-imprisonment conviction.”
People v. Kosik, 841 N.W.2d 906 (Mich. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 4× “Defendant appeals by right his convictions for unlawful imprisonment, MCL 750.349b, and assault and battery, MCL 750.”
People v. Cain, 869 N.W.2d 829 (Mich. 2015). · cites it 3× “85; two counts of unlawful imprisonment, MCL 750.349b; carrying a firearm during the commission of a felony, MCL 750.”
People v. Skinner, 917 N.W.2d 292 (Mich. 2018). “411i ], or unlawful imprisonment under [ MCL 750.349b ]. MCL 769.25, which was enacted in the wake of Miller , provides, in pertinent part: (1) This section applies to a criminal defendant who was less than 18 years of age at the time he or she committed an offense described in…”
People v. Wilson, 852 N.W.2d 134 (Mich. 2014). · cites it 3× “227b; and two counts of unlawful imprisonment, MCL 750.349b. The first- degree home invasion was the only predicate offense that supported the felony-murder charge.”
People v. Schaw, 791 N.W.2d 743 (Mich. Ct. App. 2010). “85; and unlawful imprisonment, MCL 750.349b. The trial court sentenced him as a fourth-offense habitual offender, MCL 769.”
People v. Ackah-Essien, 874 N.W.2d 172 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). “529, unlawful imprisonment, MCL 750.349b, larceny from a motor vehicle, MCL 750.”
United States v. David Anderson, 608 F. App'x 369 (6th Cir. 2015). · cites it 9× “349) and the second “unlawful imprisonment” (MCL § 750.349b). MCL § 750.349b provides in pertinent part: *373 (1) A person commits the crime of unlawful imprisonment if he or she knowingly restrains another person under any of the following circumstances: (a) The person is…”
In re Foster Attorney Fees, 894 N.W.2d 718 (Mich. Ct. App. 2016). “Following defendant’s plea-based conviction for unlawful imprisonment, MCL 750.349b, Foster was appointed by the trial court to be defendant’s appellate attorney.”
People v. Urban, 908 N.W.2d 564 (Mich. Ct. App. 2017). “*201 Defendant appeals by right his convictions, following a jury trial, of unlawful *569 imprisonment, MCL 750.349b, assault with a dangerous weapon, MCL 750.”
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— Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.349b(1) — 28 cases
People of Michigan v. Ronald Kareem Seabrooks (Mich. Ct. App. 2015).
People of Michigan v. Tony Dewayne Walker (Mich. Ct. App. 2018).
People of Michigan v. Tony Dewayne Walker (Mich. Ct. App. 2018).
People of Michigan v. Jamar Davon Oliver (Mich. Ct. App. 2018).
People of Michigan v. Jamar Davon Oliver (Mich. Ct. App. 2018).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.349b(1)(a) — 20 cases
People of Michigan v. Jaqavice Deonnell Grace (Mich. Ct. App. 2016).
People of Michigan v. Jaqavice Deonnell Grace (Mich. Ct. App. 2015).
People of Michigan v. Henry Lee Williams Jr (Mich. Ct. App. 2015).
People of Michigan v. Michael Terreal Davis (Mich. Ct. App. 2016).
People of Michigan v. Smokey Dee Crutcher-Bey (Mich. Ct. App. 2016).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.349b(1)(b) — 9 cases
People v. Railer, 792 N.W.2d 776 (Mich. Ct. App. 2010). “Defendant appeals as of right his jury trial conviction of unlawful imprisonment, MCL 750.349b, for which he was sentenced as a third-offense habitual offender, MCL 769.”
People of Michigan v. Robert Leonard Pennington (Mich. Ct. App. 2018).
People of Michigan v. Robert Leonard Pennington (Mich. Ct. App. 2018).
People of Michigan v. Gerald Duane Day Jr (Mich. Ct. App. 2020).
People of Michigan v. Jessie Willie Green (Mich. Ct. App. 2015).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.349b(1)(c) — 27 cases
People v. Jenkins, 759 N.W.2d 31 (Mich. 2009).
People of Michigan v. Jamar Davon Oliver (Mich. Ct. App. 2018).
People of Michigan v. Jamar Davon Oliver (Mich. Ct. App. 2018).
People of Michigan v. Alphonso Russell (Mich. Ct. App. 2020).
People of Michigan v. Tony Rashawn Yarber (Mich. Ct. App. 2021).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.349b(2) — 7 cases
People of Michigan v. Candy Juanita Lawson (Mich. Ct. App. 2019).
People of Michigan v. David Edward Tyler III (Mich. Ct. App. 2022).
People of Michigan v. David Edward Tyler III (Mich. Ct. App. 2022).
People of Michigan v. Laura Mae Hart (Mich. Ct. App. 2023).
20231109_C359614_72_359614A.Opn.Pdf (Mich. Ct. App. 2023).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.349b(3)(a) — 46 cases
People v. Bosca, 871 N.W.2d 307 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). “213; four counts of unlawful imprisonment, MCL 750.349b; four counts of assault with a dangerous weapon (felonious assault), 1 MCL 750.”
People v. Railer, 792 N.W.2d 776 (Mich. Ct. App. 2010). “Defendant appeals as of right his jury trial conviction of unlawful imprisonment, MCL 750.349b, for which he was sentenced as a third-offense habitual offender, MCL 769.”
People v. Chelmicki, 850 N.W.2d 612 (Mich. Ct. App. 2014). “81(2), and unlawful imprisonment, MCL 750.349b. He was sentenced to 26 days’ imprisonment for the domestic assault conviction and to 50 months to 15 years’ imprisonment for the unlawful-imprisonment conviction.”
United States v. David Anderson, 608 F. App'x 369 (6th Cir. 2015). “349) and the second “unlawful imprisonment” (MCL § 750.349b). MCL § 750.349b provides in pertinent part: *373 (1) A person commits the crime of unlawful imprisonment if he or she knowingly restrains another person under any of the following circumstances: (a) The person is…”
People of Michigan v. James Manford Jarrell (Mich. Ct. App. 2022).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.349b(3)(b) — 8 cases
People v. Bosca, 871 N.W.2d 307 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). “213; four counts of unlawful imprisonment, MCL 750.349b; four counts of assault with a dangerous weapon (felonious assault), 1 MCL 750.”
People of Michigan v. William Edward Scholtes (Mich. Ct. App. 2019).
People of Michigan v. Jamal Dupree Adams (Mich. Ct. App. 2017).
People of Michigan v. Jamal Dupree Adams (Mich. Ct. App. 2017).
People of Michigan v. Robert Leonard Pennington (Mich. Ct. App. 2018).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.349b(3)(b)(i) — 2 cases
People v. Railer, 792 N.W.2d 776 (Mich. Ct. App. 2010). “Defendant appeals as of right his jury trial conviction of unlawful imprisonment, MCL 750.349b, for which he was sentenced as a third-offense habitual offender, MCL 769.”
People of Michigan v. David Nelson Richter (Mich. Ct. App. 2022).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.349b(3)(b)(ii) — 2 cases
People of Michigan v. Robert Leonard Pennington (Mich. Ct. App. 2018).
People of Michigan v. Robert Leonard Pennington (Mich. Ct. App. 2018).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.349b(3)(c) — 1 case
People of Michigan v. Jeremy Leonard Stafford (Mich. Ct. App. 2016).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.349b(4) — 4 cases
People of Michigan v. Tony Dewayne Walker (Mich. Ct. App. 2018).
People of Michigan v. Tony Dewayne Walker (Mich. Ct. App. 2018).
People of Michigan v. Jessica Lynn Morris (Mich. Ct. App. 2021).
People of Michigan v. Jessica Lynn Morris (Mich. Ct. App. 2021).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.349b(l) — 1 case
People v. Bosca, 871 N.W.2d 307 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). “213; four counts of unlawful imprisonment, MCL 750.349b; four counts of assault with a dangerous weapon (felonious assault), 1 MCL 750.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.349b(l)(a) — 1 case
United States v. David Anderson, 608 F. App'x 369 (6th Cir. 2015). “349) and the second “unlawful imprisonment” (MCL § 750.349b). MCL § 750.349b provides in pertinent part: *373 (1) A person commits the crime of unlawful imprisonment if he or she knowingly restrains another person under any of the following circumstances: (a) The person is…”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.349b(l)(c) — 1 case
People v. Jenkins, 759 N.W.2d 31 (Mich. 2009).
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