People v. Kevorkian
Michigan Supreme Court
527 N.W.2d 714 (1994)
Relevant factsFree
Kevorkian assisted two women in ending their lives using his self-devised "suicide machine"; for one woman he was unable to insert the needle himself and instead instructed her on using a carbon monoxide cylinder she released herself, while for the other he successfully inserted the needle before she activated the device releasing lethal chemicals, and he was indicted for murder before Michigan enacted a specific assisted-suicide statute.
IssueFree
Whether a conviction for murder is proper if a defendant participates in the final overt act that causes death of another but not if the defendant is merely involved in the events leading up to the commission of the final overt act.