Passenger Found Guilty of Felony DUI for Grabbing Wheel
In the Michigan court case of People v Yamat, 475 Mich 49, the defendant was charged with felonious driving under MCL 257.626c. Defendant was a passenger in a car who grabbed the steering wheel of the vehicle, causing it to veer off the road.
The supreme court found that defendant’s actions clearly constituted “actual physical control of a motor vehicle” under the statutory definition of operate in MCL 257.35a and ruled that the prosecutor had established sufficient probable cause that defendant violated the felonious driving statute.
The supreme court found that defendant’s actions clearly constituted “actual physical control of a motor vehicle” under the statutory definition of operate in MCL 257.35a and ruled that the prosecutor had established sufficient probable cause that defendant violated the felonious driving statute.
