People v Alford

405 Mich. 570 (1979)

275 N.W.2d 484

PEOPLE

v.

ALFORD

Docket No. 59557, (Calendar No. 8).

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Argued March 8, 1978.

Decided February 8, 1979.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, William L. Cahalan, Prosecuting Attorney, Edward Reilly Wilson, Principal Attorney, Appeals, and Larry L. Roberts, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Cyril Abramson for defendant.

Amicus Curiae:

Henry B. Rothblatt (Peres, Carr, Jacques, Batchik & Schmidt, of counsel) for Albert Jack Berg, D.O.

WILLIAMS, J.

We are presented with three issues. First is whether…