A bill to amend 1935 PA 85, entitled “An act to abrogate the common law rule raising a presumption that a married woman committing an offense does so under coercion because she commits it in the presence of her husband,” by amending the title and section 1 (MCL 780.401), as amended by 1990 PA 220.
The bill proposes to amend the 1935 PA 85, which is aimed at abolishing the common law rule that presumes a married woman commits an offense under coercion if it occurs in the presence of her husband. The amendment specifies that in criminal prosecutions, there should be no presumption of coercion for a married woman committing an offense in her spouse's presence.
Introduced
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Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
