Sec. 7. Any person who in executing a search warrant, wilfully exceeds his authority or exercises it with unnecessary severity, shall be fined not more than $1,000.00 or imprisoned not more than 1 year.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.657
Executing search warrant; wilfully exceeding authority; penalty
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case People v. Stevens (1999)
Most recently applied in People v. Keller (July 2007)
1966, Act 189, Eff
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