Sec. 317. Second degree murder—All other kinds of murder shall be murder of the second degree, and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life, or any term of years, in the discretion of the court trying the same.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.317
Second degree murder; penalty
Applied in 683 court decisions — leading case People v. Aaron (1980)
Most recently applied in Darius Theriot v. Bob Vashaw (December 2020)
1931, Act 328, Eff
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