In People v Martz, the defendant was convicted by a jury of first-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC I), MCL 750.520b (force or coercion); unlawful imprisonment, MCL 750.349b; resisting or obstructing a police officer causing serious impairment, MCL 750.81d(3); and two counts of resisting or obstructing a police officer, MCL 750.81d(1). Defendant was sentenced as a second habitual offender, MCL 769.10, to concurrent imprisonment for 15 to 40 years for CSC I, 15 to 221/2 years for unlawful imprisonment, 10 to 15 years for resisting and obstructing a police officer causing serious impairment, and 16 months to 2 years for resisting and obstructing a police officer. He appealed and the Court of Appeals upheld the convictions. One of his claims was he could not be convicted of CSC I because the victim was his wife.
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