CASE PREVIEW · Michigan Court of Appeals
People v Peoples
Great-weight challenge to bench-trial CSC-II convictions based on discounted witness credibility
Decided
The citation
People v Peoples, unpublished per curiam opinion of the Court of Appeals, issued October 16, 2026 (Docket No. 376232), p 4
From the case summary
Defendant, the ex-boyfriend of the minor victim MJ's grandmother, Martin, was accused of four incidents of sexual touching during "play fighting" at Martin's home when MJ was nine to eleven. Martin's testimony conflicted with MJ's and her mother's on how often MJ visited and stayed…
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