Sec. 349a. A person imprisoned in any penal or correctional institution located in this state who takes, holds, carries away, decoys, entices away or secretes another person as a hostage by means of threats, coercion, intimidation or physical force is guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned in the state prison for life, or any term of years, which shall be served as a consecutive sentence.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.349a
Prisoner taking person as hostage
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 182 Mich. App. 389 - People v. Travis (1990)
Most recently applied in 182 Mich. App. 389 - People v. Travis (February 1990)
Add. 1972, Act 316, Imd
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