Court Opinion

ID: 9527137
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 03:27:52.054689+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:25:35.879035
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M. J. Kelly, P. J.
(concurring in part, dissenting in part). I dissent as to the affirmance of the conviction on the second count of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree. There is a division on our Court between the position adopted in People v Robinson, 80 Mich App 559; 264 NW2d 58 (1978), People v Secreto, 81 Mich App 1; 264 NW2d 99 (1978), as against Judge Beasley’s view in People v Nelson, 79 Mich App 303; 261 NW2d 299 (1977). I subscribe to the reasoning in People v Robinson, supra, that the legislative intent is not so clear as to permit multiple punishments for a single act of criminal sexual penetration.
Although defendant could have properly been charged and convicted as an aider and abettor to *731his companions in addition to his conviction as principal for a separate act, because of the charge given, his conviction on the second count must be reversed.
I concur as to affirmance on the other three counts.