CASE PREVIEW · Michigan Court of Appeals
People v Shiffer
Refusal of jury-nullification instruction; self-defense instructions; OV 19 scoring for courthouse bomb threat
Decided
The citation
People v Shiffer, unpublished per curiam opinion of the Court of Appeals, issued October 12, 2026 (Docket No. 374823), p 5
From the case summary
After Lansing police referred Barry Shiffer to a social worker, he texted the social worker in February 2023 that he had mailed an unlit pipe bomb to an Ingham County judge, urged evacuation of the courthouse, and solicited kidnapping of judges and officials. Officers swept…
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