Defensa de coartada en casos de delito grave

Explicación Simple

Si alguien es acusado de un crimen, puede decir que estaba en otro lugar cuando ocurrió. Debe avisar a la corte y a la acusación sobre su defensa y quiénes pueden testificar para ayudarle.

Es como cuando te acusan de no haber hecho la tarea y tú dices que estabas en casa de un amigo. Tienes que avisar a tu profesor sobre eso y decirle quién puede confirmar que realmente estabas allí.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan es acusado de robar una tienda. Él dice que estaba en una fiesta en casa de su amigo Pedro. Juan debe informar al juez y al fiscal sobre esta coartada y mencionar a los que pueden testificar que efectivamente estaba en la fiesta.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

MCL 768.20 - Alibi as defense in felony case; notice of intention to claim defense; notice of rebuttal; disclosure and calling of additional witnesses Sec. 20. (1) If a defendant in a felony case proposes to offer in his defense testimony to establish an alibi at the time of the alleged offense, the defendant shall at the time of arraignment on the information or within 15 days after that arraignment but not less than 10 days before the trial of the case, or at such other time as the court directs, file and serve upon the prosecuting attorney a notice in writing of his intention to claim that defense. The notice shall contain, as particularly as is known to the defendant or the defendant's attorney, the names of witnesses to be called in behalf of the defendant to establish that defense. The defendant's notice shall include specific information as to the place at which the accused claims to have been at the time of the alleged offense. (2) Within 10 days after the receipt of the defendant's notice but not later than 5 days before the trial of the case, or at such other time as the court may direct, the prosecuting attorney shall file and serve upon the defendant a notice of rebuttal which shall contain, as particularly as is known to the prosecuting attorney, the names of the witnesses whom the prosecuting attorney proposes to call in rebuttal to controvert the defendant's defense at the trial of the case. (3) Both the defendant and the prosecuting attorney shall be under a continuing duty to disclose promptly the names of additional witnesses which come to the attention of either party subsequent to filing their respective notices as provided in this section. Upon motion with notice to the other party and upon a showing by the moving party that the name of an addition