Michigan Compiled Laws
Mich. Comp. Laws § 762.9 (2026)
Jurisdiction; felony on moving vessel or vehicle.
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THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Act 175 of 1927
762.9 Jurisdiction; felony on moving vessel or vehicle.
Sec. 9.
Whenever a felony has been committed on a railroad train, automobile, aircraft, vessel or other moving vehicle, said offense may be prosecuted in any county, city or jurisdiction in which such conveyance was during the journey in the course of which said offense was committed.
History: Add. 1929, Act 24, Imd. Eff. Apr. 2, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 17127 ;-- CL 1948, 762.9
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1949–2021 · leading case: People v. Coapman, 40 N.W.2d 167 (Mich. 1949).
People v. Coapman, 40 N.W.2d 167 (Mich. 1949). “The testimony of Charles Coapman is to the effect that the injuries were inflicted, in part, in the car while in motion on a public highway.”
People v. Slifco, 413 N.W.2d 102 (Mich. Ct. App. 1987). “The prosecutor argued that prosecution in Recorder’s Court was proper under MCL 762.9; MSA 28.852, which provides: Whenever a felony has been committed on a railroad train, automobile, aircraft, vessel or other moving vehicle, said offense may be prosecuted in any county, city…”
People of Michigan v. Jeremiah James Boshell (Mich. Ct. App. 2021). “8 and MCL 762.9. 4 Defendant on appeal has characterized the admitted version as the “sanitized version.”
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