Bill Text: MI HB6277 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Courts; judges; judges to fully instruct jury of its authority; require. Amends 1927 PA 175 (MCL 760.1 - 777.69) by adding sec. 29b to ch. VIII.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-08-15 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 06/12/2018 [HB6277 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB6277-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 6277

 

 

June 12, 2018, Introduced by Reps. LaFave, Howrylak, Robinson, LaGrand, Lucido, Hornberger, Glenn, Johnson, Miller and Marino referred to the committee on Judiciary.

 

     A bill to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled

 

"The code of criminal procedure,"

 

(MCL 760.1 to 777.69) by adding section 29b to chapter VIII.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

                            CHAPTER VIII

 

     Sec. 29b. The court shall fully inform the jury of its

 

authority by instructing the jury that even if the state has proved

 

all of the elements of the offense charged beyond a reasonable

 

doubt, nevertheless the jury may find the defendant not guilty if,

 

based on the facts of the case, a guilty verdict would yield an

 

unjust result.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.