Legal Opinion
People v. Meredith
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided December 9, 1998No. Docket 111977PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Per curiam
This is a drug prosecution in which the key witness does not want to testify at trial. The prosecutor would like to use her preliminary examination testimony, but the circuit court and the Court of Appeals have ruled that it cannot be admitted. We reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals and the order of the circuit court, and remand the case to the circuit court for further proceedings.
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This case began back in 1991, when an Oakland Circuit Court grand jury indicted five persons for conspiracy to deliver 650 or more grams of cocaine. MCL 750.157a, 333.7401(2)(a)(i); MSA 28.354(1),…
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