THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE
Act 328 of 1931
750.531 Bank, safe and vault robbery.
Sec. 531.
Bank, safe and vault robbery—Any person who, with intent to commit the crime of larceny, or any felony, shall confine, maim, injure or wound, or attempt, or threaten to confine, kill, maim, injure or wound, or shall put in fear any person for the purpose of stealing from any building, bank, safe or other depository of money, bond or other valuables, or shall by intimidation, fear or threats compel, or attempt to compel any person to disclose or surrender the means of opening any building, bank, safe, vault or other depository of money, bonds, or other valuables, or shall attempt to break, burn, blow up or otherwise injure or destroy any safe, vault or other depository of money, bonds or other valuables in any building or place, shall, whether he succeeds or fails in the perpetration of such larceny or felony, be guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for life or any term of years.
History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.531
FormerLaw Notes:
See section 1 of Act 111 of 1877, being How., § 9121; CL 1897, § 506; CL 1915, § 15229; and CL 1929, § 16748.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
134
cases (
25 in the last 5 years), 1955–2026 · leading case:
People v. Ford, 687 N.W.2d 119 (Mich. Ct. App. 2004).
People v. Ford, 687 N.W.2d 119 (Mich. Ct. App. 2004).
· cites it 28× “529; bank, safe, or vault robbery, MCL 750.531; first-degree home invasion, MCL 750.”
People v. Cooper, 247 N.W.2d 866 (Mich. 1976).
· cites it 6× “On February 10, 1971, defendant was arraigned in Federal court on alternative counts of violating 18 USC 2113(a), the Federal bank robbery statute. A trial commenced and on June 5, 1971, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty on both counts.”
People v. Williams, 792 N.W.2d 384 (Mich. Ct. App. 2010).
· cites it 3× “In contrast, MCL 750.531, which has not been subject to any recent revisions, clearly indicates that it encompasses the “intent” to commit the crime of bank robbery.”
People v. Kurylczyk, 505 N.W.2d 528 (Mich. 1993).
· cites it 2× “I agree with the lead opinion that the corporeal lineup is not constitutionally impermissible, and I agree that the exposure of the witnesses to the surveillance photograph of the robber and postarraignment photograph of the defendant did not violate the defendant's…”
People v. Orsie, 268 N.W.2d 278 (Mich. Ct. App. 1978).
· cites it 6× “Under count one, he was sentenced to not less than 10 nor more than 15 years in prison and, under count two, he was sentenced to not less than 6 years 8 months nor more than 10 years, the sentences to run concurrently.”
People v. Roscoe, 846 N.W.2d 402 (Mich. Ct. App. 2014).
“316(l)(b); safe breaking, MCL 750.531; breaking and entering a building with intent to commit a larceny, MCL 750.”
People v. Earl, 822 N.W.2d 271 (Mich. Ct. App. 2012).
“Defendant appeals as of right following his jury trial convictions for bank robbery, MCL 750.531, and two counts of possession of less than 25 grams of a controlled substance, MCL 333.”
People v. Douglas, 478 N.W.2d 737 (Mich. Ct. App. 1991).
· cites it 4× “Defendant was convicted in 1987 of one count of safe breaking, MCL 750.531; MSA 28.799, and two counts of breaking and entering, MCL 750.”
People v. Witt, 364 N.W.2d 692 (Mich. Ct. App. 1985).
· cites it 4× “Defendant was convicted on his plea of guilty of bank, safe or vault robbery, MCL 750.531; MSA 28.799, armed robbery, MCL 750.”
People v. Gay, 289 N.W.2d 651 (Mich. 1980).
· cites it 2× “Before the Michigan Supreme Court he stood convicted of bank robbery, MCL 750.531; MSA 28.799, and assault with intent to rob being armed, MCL 750.”
People v. Price, 723 N.W.2d 201 (Mich. 2006).
· cites it 2× “Pursuant to a Cobbs agreement, [1] the trial court agreed to sentence defendant within the appropriate statutory sentencing guidelines range if he pleaded guilty of bank robbery, MCL 750.531. After he did so plead, the trial court sentenced defendant to five to 15 years of…”
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