CASE PREVIEW · Michigan Court of Appeals
People v Gilchrist
Whether penetration evidence can prove intimate-part touching for CSC-II and CSC-IV convictions
Decided
The citation
People v Gilchrist, unpublished per curiam opinion of the Court of Appeals, issued October 13, 2026 (Docket No. 374116), p 6
From the case summary
According to trial testimony, defendant, visiting the home of 13-year-old EW's father, followed her upstairs, said he had a gun, pressed an object against her back, threatened her family, and penetrated her orally and vaginally. The father's girlfriend, Shade, found them; EW told her he…
Read the full Keypoint summary for the facts, ruling and practitioner takeaway.