People v. McKee

Defendant was charged with the crime of rape under CLS 1961, § 750.520 (Stat Ann 1954 Rev § 28.788). Following jury trial in which defendant was represented by retained counsel, he was found guilty. Defendant, with new counsel, filed a motion for a new trial which was denied by the court and appeal followed.

Assignments of error on the denial of a motion for a new trial relate largely to the conduct of the trial. Specifically, counsel claims that the trial was. not a fair and impartial trial by jury, affidavits being filed alleging that defendant’s wife knew jurors 8 and 5; that defendant’s…