People v. Mooney

An Oakland county jury found defendant guilty of the crime of gross indecency.

A 16-year-old youth, testified that he participated with defendant in the commission of the crime during January or February, 1958, while he was under the influence of liquor, and that he was frequently intoxicated during the spring and summer of 1958. A detective of the Oakland county sheriff’s department testified that while defendant admitted committing the homosexual act, he later repudiated the confession. A court reporter employed in the prosecutor’s office testified that she recorded defendant’s admission to…