CASE PREVIEW · Michigan Court of Appeals
People v Bechtel
Sufficiency of intent-to-kill evidence for AWIM; lesser-offense instructions; within-guidelines sentence proportionality
Decided
The citation
People v Bechtel, unpublished per curiam opinion of the Court of Appeals, issued October 28, 2026 (Docket No. 376224), pp 3-4
From the case summary
Defendant and two companions arrived by truck at a Kalamazoo park where Bernardo and Brown, who were unarmed, were with children, and immediately ran toward the couple. Defendant chased Bernardo and fired his gun; no one was injured. Defendant told police he fired only…
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