Legal Opinion

People v. Harris

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided May 5, 1921No. Docket No. 132PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Error to Monroe; Root (Jesse H.), J. Louis Harris was convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to imprisonment for not less than 5 nor more than 15 years in the State prison at Jackson.

1Opinion of the CourtSteere, C. J.

Defendant was convicted in the circuit court of Monroe county of the crime of manslaughter, committed on April 29, 1919, by running over with an automobile, and killing, a girl 17 years of age named Gertrude Cousino as he was driving north through the village of Erie on his way from Toledo to Detroit along the thoroughfare known as the Dixie highway. Erie is a small unincorporated village about 10 miles south of the city of Monroe, having a few places of business and a number of residences centered around a four corners where an east and west road *147crosses the Dixie highway. On the cross-road…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. BarnesMichigan Supreme Court · 1914
  2. People v. AbbottMichigan Supreme Court · 1898

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. People v. ScottMichigan Court of Appeals · 1971
  2. People v. MeyerMichigan Court of Appeals · 1973
  3. People v. SchwartzMichigan Supreme Court · 1921
  4. People v. BrownMichigan Court of Appeals · 1972
  5. State v. McNabbSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1932

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