Legal Opinion
People v. Martin
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided December 22, 1919No. Docket No. 113PublishedCited by 19 opinions
Error to recorder’s court of Detroit; Wilkins (Charles T.), J. Harry Martin was convicted of assault with intent to commit the crime of rape and sentenced to imprisonment for not less than 2% nor more than 10 years in the State prison at Jackson.
1Opinion of the CourtSharpe, J.
In People v. Ayres, 195 Mich. 274, Mr. Justice Ostrander said:
“But, that respondent may not believe that a meritorious position is denied him upon a mere construction of an act of the legislature, we have, as the circuit court did, reviewed the showing for a new trial which was presented.”
In view of the insistence of defendant’s counsel that the affidavits on which such motion was founded clearly show that defendant did not have a fair trial and that the evidence, which it is now claimed might have been produced in his behalf, is convincing that he was wrongfully convicted, we have concluded…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People v. YeagerMichigan Supreme Court · 1897
- People v. AyresMichigan Supreme Court · 1917
3Cited by19 opinions
- People v. BrooksCalifornia Supreme Court · 1966
- People v. ErbMichigan Court of Appeals · 1973
- People v. SawickiMichigan Court of Appeals · 1966
- Burton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
- People v. ShippMichigan Court of Appeals · 1970
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