Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
October 1, 2010 Marilyn Kelly,
Chief Justice
140843 Michael F. Cavanagh
Maura D. Corrigan
Robert P. Young, Jr.
Stephen J. Markman
Diane M. Hathaway
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Alton Thomas Davis,
Plaintiff-Appellee, Justices
v SC: 140843
COA: 295449
Wayne CC: 06-003164-FH
CHRISTOPHER TWICHELL,
Defendant-Appellant.
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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the March 15, 2010 order
of the Court of Appeals is considered and, pursuant to MCR 7.302(H)(1), in lieu of
granting leave to appeal, we VACATE the defendant’s convictions under MCL
750.145c(2), and we REMAND this case to the Wayne Circuit Court for proceedings
consistent with this Court’s opinion in People v Hill, 486 Mich 658 (2010).
CORRIGAN, J. (concurring).
I concur in the order vacating defendant’s convictions because this course of
action is consistent with the majority opinion in People v Hill, 487 Mich 658 (2010). I
write separately only to reiterate my disagreement with that majority opinion—which I
conclude incorrectly interpreted MCL 750.145c(2)—as expressed by Justice YOUNG’s
dissenting opinion in Hill, which I joined.
YOUNG, J. (concurring).
Although I recognize that this Court’s decision in People v Hill, 487 Mich 658
(2010), controls the interpretation of MCL 750.145(c), I continue to adhere to the
position stated in my dissenting opinion in that case that, like defendant here, a person
who makes copies of child pornography thereby “produces” or “makes” child sexually
abusive material sufficient to sustain a conviction under MCL 750.145(c)(2).
I, Corbin R. Davis, Clerk of the Michigan Supreme Court, certify that the
foregoing is a true and complete copy of the order entered at the direction of the Court.
October 1, 2010 _________________________________________
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