Common Crimes

The following is a list crimes often charged by prosecutors in Michigan:

Drugs/Controlled Substance Offenses

Possession of a Controlled Substance — MCL 333.7403

• Possess a controlled substance
• Possess cocaine
• Possess heroin
• Possess methamphetamine
• Possess marijuana
• Possess controlled substance analogue

Possession with Intent to Deliver — MCL 333.7401

• Possess marijuana with intent to deliver
• Possess controlled substance with intent to deliver
• Deliver or manufacture a controlled substance

Keep or Maintain a Drug House — MCL 333.7405

Obtain Controlled Substance by Fraud — MCL 333.7407

Paper Crimes

Uttering and Publishing — MCL 750.249

Forgery — MCL 750.248

No Account Check — MCL 750.131a(1)

• Bad check

Embezzlement — MCL 750.174

Property Crimes

Receiving and Concealing Stolen Property/Vehicle — MCL 750.535

• Receive and conceal

Use/Possess/Retain Financial Transaction Device — MCL 750.157

• Possess credit card
• Credit card fraud

Unlawfully Driving Away an Automobile — MCL 750.413

• UDAA
• Car theft
• Grand theft auto

Retail Fraud — MCL 750.356c

• Shoplifting

Breaking and Entering a Building — MCL 750.110

• Breaking and entering with intent

Breaking and Entering a Motor Vehicle — MCL 750.356

Larceny in a Building — MCL 750.360

Larceny from a Person — MCL 750.357

Larceny — MCL 750.356

• Simple larceny

Malicious Destruction of Property — MCL 750.377

Assaultive/Violent Crimes

Assault with a Dangerous Weapon — MCL 750.82

• Felonious assault
• Assault with a deadly weapon

Assault with Intent to Commit Great Bodily Harm — MCL 750.84

Assault with Intent to Commit Murder — MCL 750.83

• Attempted murder

Murder/Homicide 1st Degree — MCL 750.316

• Capital murder

Murder/Homicide 2nd Degree — MCL 750.317

Manslaughter — MCL 750.321

• Involuntary manslaughter
• Voluntary manslaughter

Armed Robbery — MCL 750.529

• Robbery armed

Unarmed Robbery — MCL 750.530

Home Invasion — MCL 750.110a

• Home invasion first degree/second degree/third degree

Domestic Violence — MCL 750.81(4)

Sexual Offenses

Criminal Sexual Conduct — MCL 750.520

• CSC
• Criminal sexual conduct 1st/2nd/3rd/4th Degree

Sex Offender Failure to Register — MCL 28.729

Crimes Against Public Order/Safety

Fleeing and Eluding — MCL 257.602

Resisting and Obstructing — MCL 750.81

• Assault/resist/obstruct a police officer

False Report of a Felony — MCL 750.411a

Weapons Offenses

Felon in Possession of a Firearm — MCL 750.224f

Felony Firearm — MCL 750.227b

Carrying a Concealed Weapon — MCL 750.227

Drunk Driving

Operating While Intoxicated — MCL 257.625

• Drunk driving
• Operating under the influence of intoxicating liquor (OUIL)
• Operating while impaired (OWI)
• Operating while visibly impaired (OWVI)
• Unlawful blood/breath alcohol level (UBAL)
• Impaired driving