Legal Opinion

People v. Kretchmer

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided December 26, 1978No. 57997, (Calendar No. 15)Published

1Opinion of the Court

404 Mich. 59 (1978)

272 N.W.2d 558

PEOPLE

v.

KRETCHMER

Docket No. 57997, (Calendar No. 15).

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Argued January 5, 1978.

Decided December 26, 1978.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, John A. Smietanka, Prosecuting Attorney, and John Jeffrey Long, Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

James K. Jesse for defendant.

2Per curiam

The issue is whether defendant's acquittal of a charge of public intoxication bars, under the "same transaction" rule we adopted in People v White, 390 Mich 245, 258; 212 NW2d 222 (1973), a charge of resisting arrest…

3Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. People v. WhiteMichigan Supreme Court · 1973
  3. People v. TownsendMichigan Supreme Court · 1921
  4. Crampton v. 54-A District JudgeMichigan Supreme Court · 1976
  5. People v. DavenportMichigan Court of Appeals · 1974

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