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PEOPLE v. HAWTHORNE

Docket No. 128168.

713 N.W.2d 724 (2006)

474 Mich. 174

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Frank James HAWTHORNE, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

April 26, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, Kym L. Worthy, Prosecuting Attorney, Timothy A. Baughman, Chief of Research, Training, and Appeals, and Olga Agnello, Principal Attorney, Appeals, Detroit, for the people.

State Appellate Defender (by Jacqueline J. McCann), Detroit, for the defendant.

PER CURIAM.

The issue in this case is whether a court's failure to instruct on the defense of accident requires automatic reversal of a defendant's conviction where accident was a central issue in the case. We hold that the failure to instruct on this defense requires reversal only where the defendant satisfies the standard explicated in People v. Lukity, 460 Mich. 484, 596 N.W.2d 607 ...

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