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Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.506a (2026)

Prisoners committing offenses defined in MCL 750.81 to 750.86; penalties.

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THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE


Act 328 of 1931


750.506a Prisoners committing offenses defined in MCL 750.81 to 750.86; penalties.

Sec. 506a.

    (1) If a person, lawfully imprisoned in a jail or other place of confinement established by law, for any crime or offense, or lawfully imprisoned in a jail or other place of confinement after being sentenced for a crime or offense and awaiting or in transit to or from a prison or other place of confinement, commits any offense defined in sections 81 to 86, the court may impose the appropriate penalties prescribed in sections 81 to 86 to run consecutively with any sentence which the person is already serving.

    (2) If a person, lawfully detained in a jail or other place of confinement established by law, and awaiting arraignment, examination, trial or sentencing for any crime or offense, commits a subsequent offense defined in sections 81 to 86, if convicted of the crime or offense for which he was detained at the time he committed the subsequent offense, any sentences imposed for conviction of the prior offense and for conviction of the subsequent offense under sections 81 to 86 may run consecutively.

History: Add. 1974, Act 121, Eff. July 1, 1974

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1989–2017 · leading case: People v. Little, 456 N.W.2d 237 (Mich. 1990).
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People v. Little, 456 N.W.2d 237 (Mich. 1990). · cites it 16× “The Court of Appeals further noted that the Legislature has provided in MCL 750.506a; MSA 28.774(1) [7] that a sentence for simple assault may be enhanced under the circumstances found in the present case.”
People v. Little, 446 N.W.2d 309 (Mich. Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 2× “MCL 750.506a; MSA 28.774(1) provides: (1) If a person, lawfully imprisoned in a jail or other place of confinement established by law, for any crime or offense, or lawfully imprisoned in a jail or other place of confinement after being sentenced for a crime or offense and…”
People of Michigan v. Jonathon Ledale Purnell (Mich. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “Instead, MCL 750.506a applied to the circumstances under which the trial court sentenced defendant.”
People of Michigan v. Jonathon Ledale Purnell (Mich. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “Instead, MCL 750.506a applied to the circumstances under which the trial court sentenced defendant.”
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.506a(2): 2 cases
People of Michigan v. Jonathon Ledale Purnell (Mich. Ct. App. 2017). “Instead, MCL 750.506a applied to the circumstances under which the trial court sentenced defendant.”
People of Michigan v. Jonathon Ledale Purnell (Mich. Ct. App. 2017). “Instead, MCL 750.506a applied to the circumstances under which the trial court sentenced defendant.”
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