This article reports on the 1994 decision of the Michigan Supreme Court concerning a Michigan statute against assisted suicide & prosecutions of Dr. Kevorkian for his role in 2 cases of suicide. The court rejected arguments that the statute infringed a right of personal autonomy. It noted that a legal difference exists between letting death occur by natural means & taking steps to end life. The court also decided that Kevorkian could be charged with a common law crime of assisting in suicide.