Legal Opinion
People v. Wilson
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided December 18, 1973No. 10 October Term 1973, Docket No. 54,544PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtT. E. Brennan, J.
The case was well put by the Court of Appeals:
"Defendant was convicted by a jury of attempted breaking and entering. MCLA 750.92; MSA 28.287 and MCLA 750.110; MSA 28.305. Defendant appeals his conviction. We reverse.
"After approximately 90 minutes of deliberation the jury returned to the courtroom. The foreman advised the court that the jury was unable to agree upon a verdict, and the following colloquy occurred:
"'The Court: Well, without saying for whom, how do you stand numerically?
" Mr. Spicketts [foreman of jury]: Eleven to one.
" 'The Court: Well, that is not very far from a verdict. You…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Brasfield v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
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