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Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.544 (2026)

Treason; punishment.

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THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE


Act 328 of 1931


750.544 Treason; punishment.

Sec. 544.

    Any person who shall commit the crime of treason against this state shall be punished by imprisonment in a state prison for life.

    No person shall be convicted of treason unless upon the testimony of 2 witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.544 ;-- Am. 1963, Act 119, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963

FormerLaw Notes:

    See sections 1 and 3 of Ch. 152 of R.S. 1846, being CL 1857, §§ 5708 and 5710; CL 1871, §§ 7507 and 7509; How., §§ 9072 and 9074; CL 1897, §§ 11302 and 11304; CL 1915, §§ 14969 and 14971; and CL 1929, §§ 16556 and 16558.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1985–2010 · leading case: People v. Wilcox, 781 N.W.2d 784 (Mich. 2010).
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People v. Wilcox, 781 N.W.2d 784 (Mich. 2010). · cites it 2× “543f(2) (terrorism causing death); MCL 750.544 (treason). [8] MCL 769.34(2)(a).”
People v. Fernandez, 398 N.W.2d 311 (Mich. 1986). · cites it 2× “MCL 750.544; MSA 28.812 imposes a mandatory life sentence for treason, and MCL 750.”
People v. Launsburry, 551 N.W.2d 460 (Mich. Ct. App. 1996). “548; treason, MCL 750.544; MSA 28.812, and placing explosives with intent to destroy and causing injury to a person, MCL 750.”
People v. Edgett, 560 N.W.2d 360 (Mich. Ct. App. 1997). “548, certain drug offenses involving over 650 grams, treason, MCL 750.544; MSA 28.812, placing explosives with intent to destroy which causes injury to a person, MCL 750.”
Robinson v. Stegall, 157 F. Supp. 2d 802 (E.D. Mich. 2001). “Offenses that require a nonprofitable life sentence in Michigan include first-degree premeditated murder and first-degree felony murder, M.”
People v. Fernandez, 372 N.W.2d 567 (Mich. Ct. App. 1985). “19 The Legislature has also provided for a mandatory life sentence where defendant is convicted of treason, MCL 750.544; MSA 28.812, or manufacture or delivery of more than 650 grams of a controlled substance, MCL 333.”
People v. Robinson, 701 N.W.2d 742 (Mich. 2005). “By contrast, the Legislature has specifically provided that "[n]o person shall be convicted of treason unless upon the testimony of 2 witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.”
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