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On Friday, September 11, 2009, the Michigan Supreme Court peremptorily partially reversed the Court of Appeals' decision in <em><a title="People v. Chapman Order" href="http://coa.courts.mi.gov/documents/SCT/PUBLIC/ORDERS/20090911_S138406_60_138406_2009-09-11_or.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">People v. Chapman</a></em>. Defendant Chapman was convicted of accosting a minor for an improper purpose, furnishing alcohol to a minor, and two counts of distributing alcohol to a minor. He was also convicted of third-degree criminal sexual conduct for having sex with a minor. The Court concluded, contrary to the Court of Appeals, that no rational trier of fact could conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that the victim was under age 16 at the time the sexual acts occurred. The remainder of the Court of Appeals' <a title="People v. Chapman COA Opinion" href="http://coa.courts.mi.gov/documents/opinions/final/coa/20090115_c276689_55_276689.opn.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">decision</a>&nbsp;was not affected by the Court's order.

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