Michigan HB5157 amends the state's penal code to impose life imprisonment for delivering controlled substances causing serious injury.
Michigan HB5157 amends the state's penal code by adding a new section that imposes severe penalties for delivering controlled substances that result in serious injury. The bill defines "serious injury" as permanent disfigurement, serious health impairment, or serious impairment of a body function. The penalties include life imprisonment or any term of years for those found guilty of delivering a schedule 1 or 2 controlled substance, excluding marijuana, that causes such injuries. This amendatory act would take effect 90 days after being enacted into law.
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