Legal Opinion
People v. Barrera
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided May 7, 1996No. Docket Nos. 98663, 98683, Calendar Nos. 2-3PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCavanagh, J.
The issue presented in this consolidated appeal is whether the trial court erroneously excluded a statement by a codefendant that was offered by the instant defendants as exculpatory evidence. We hold that the trial court erred and that the *264error was not harmless. We reverse the Court of Appeals, vacate the convictions, and remand for new trials.
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Codefendants Mark Barrera, Fred Johnson, and Patrick (Mike) Musall were prosecuted in a consolidated trial before three separate juries for the murder of Deborah Haynes.1 Another defendant, Matthew Copeland, was tried in a separate trial. The…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Washington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Williamson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
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3Cited by61 opinions
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- Gerald Warren v. David SmithCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1999
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