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PEOPLE v. BURKMAN

Docket Nos. 164638 and 164639 Calendar No. 1.

15 N.W.3d 216 (2024)

513 Mich. 300

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Macauley BURKMAN, Defendant-Appellant. People of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jacob Alexander Wohl, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided June 13, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dana Nessel, Attorney General, Ann M. Sherman, Solicitor General, B. Eric Restuccia, Deputy Solicitor General, and Richard L. Cunningham, Assistant Attorney General, for the people.

Grabel & Associates, Lansing (by Scott A. Grabel and Timothy A. Doman) for John Burkman.

McManus & Amadeo PLLC (by William Amadeo) for Jacob Wohl.

Honigman LLP, Detroit (by Robert M. Riley and Andrew M. Pauwels) and Nancy Wang for The Protect Democracy Project and Voters Not Politicians, amici curiae.

Philip Mayor, Daniel S. Korobkin, and Mark Brewer for the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan and Promote the Vote, amici curiae.

BEFORE THE ENTIRE BENCH.

OPINION

After expressing a desire to "hi-jack" the 2020 election, defendants arranged for the dissemination of a recorded message to metro-Detroiters discouraging mail-in voting. Today, this Court is asked to determine whether defendants' conduct falls within Michigan's election-fraud statute, MCL 168.932(a), and whether...

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