Sec. 1. Any public official, appointed or elected, who is responsible for enforcing or upholding any law of this state and who wilfully and knowingly fails to uphold or enforce the law with the result that any person's legal rights are denied is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.11
Upholding or enforcing the law; duty of public officials
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case People v. Thomas (1991)
Most recently applied in Johnson v. Pastoriza (June 2012)
1966, Act 158, Eff
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