Section 763.2 - Conviction; bases. - Michigan Statutes

THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (EXCERPT)
Act 175 of 1927

763.2 Conviction; bases.

Sec. 2.

No person charged with an offense shall be convicted thereof unless by confession of his guilt in open court or by admitting the truth of the charge against him or after trial by the court or by the verdict of a jury accepted and recorded by the court.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 17130 ;-- CL 1948, 763.2
Former Law: See sections 2 and 4 of Ch. 151 of R.S. 1846, being CL 1857, §§ 5705 and 5707; CL 1871, §§ 7504 and 7506; How., §§ 9069 and 9071; CL 1897, §§ 11797 and 11799; and CL 1915, §§ 15624 and 15626.