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Mich. Comp. Laws § 762.6 (2026)

Jurisdiction; fatal force inflicted on high seas or navigable rivers.

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THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE


Act 175 of 1927


762.6 Jurisdiction; fatal force inflicted on high seas or navigable rivers.

Sec. 6.

    If any such mortal wound shall be given, or other violence or injury shall be inflicted or poison administered on the high seas, or in any other navigable waters, or on land, either within or without the limits of this state, by means whereof death shall ensue in any county thereof, such offense may be prosecuted and punished in the county where such death shall have ensued.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 17124 ;-- CL 1948, 762.6

FormerLaw Notes:

    See section 8 of Ch. 161 of R.S. 1846, being CL 1857, § 5944; CL 1871, § 7806; How., § 9420; CL 1897, § 11780; and CL 1915, § 15608.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1970–1993 · leading case: People v. Duffield, 197 N.W.2d 25 (Mich. 1972).
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People v. Duffield, 197 N.W.2d 25 (Mich. 1972). · cites it 10× “5 [1] is purely a venue statute concerning only those cases where both the assault and death occur within Michigan; and that MCLA 762.6 [2] is the only exterritorial jurisdictional statute and covers only those cases where death ensues within the state.”
People v. Blume, 505 N.W.2d 843 (Mich. 1993). · cites it 2× “But see MCL 762.6; MSA 28.849 (allowing prosecution in Michigan for mortal wound inflicted by one "within or without the limits of this state"); MCL 767.”
People v. Duffield, 174 N.W.2d 137 (Mich. Ct. App. 1970). · cites it 2× “MCLA § 762.6 (Stat Ann 1954 Rev § 28.849) provides that where the blow is inflicted abroad, at sea, or in another state, and death occurs in Michigan, jurisdiction lies here.”
In Re Attorney Gen., 341 N.W.2d 253 (Mich. Ct. App. 1983). “In People v Peterson, 93 Mich 27, 30 ; 52 NW 1039 (1892), the Michigan Supreme Court held that a predecessor statute, How Stat 6468, identical in substance to MCL 762.6, was merely declaratory of the common-law power to change venue vested in the circuit courts.”
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