Legal Opinion
People v. O'Keefe
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided March 30, 1922No. Docket No. 162PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Error to recorder’s court of Detroit; Marsh (Pliny W.), J. John O’Keefe, alias John Wilson, was convicted of disturbing the peace, and sentenced to imprisonment for 90 days in the Detroit house of correction.
1Opinion of the CourtSharpe, J.
The defendant was convicted and sentenced under section 15483, 3 Comp. Laws 1915. The complaint charged that he—
“was guilty of disorderly conduct, for that the said defendant then and there was making and assisting in making a noise, disturbance and improper diversion by which the peace and good order of the neighborhood was disturbed.”
The only witness sworn was Police Officer Roche. He testified that while near the corner of Griswold street and Michigan avenue in Detroit he noticed the defendant and another man among a number of people standing in the safety zone waiting to board a street…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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