CASE PREVIEW · Michigan Court of Appeals
People v Golembiewski
Refusal of self-defense instruction not outcome determinative given overwhelming strangulation evidence
Decided
The citation
People v Golembiewski, unpublished per curiam opinion of the Court of Appeals, issued October 8, 2026 (Docket No. 374845), p 9
From the case summary
After a July 4, 2024 argument, AS testified that defendant, her partner, repeatedly strangled her in their apartment, took her phone, and stopped her from leaving; defendant testified that she struck him with a curling iron and he impulsively grabbed her neck in self-defense. At…
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