Legal Opinion
People v. Whotte
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided February 2, 1982No. Docket 52138PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtN. J. Kaufman, J.
On July 20, 1977, defendant was convicted by a jury of four counts of armed robbery, MCL 750.529; MSA 28.797. He was thereafter sentenced to 4 concurrent prison terms of 13 to 20 years. Following remand by this Court for a Tucker1 hearing, defendant was resentenced to 4 concurrent prison terms of 6-1/2 to 12 years. He now appeals by leave granted, claiming that he was denied a fair trial by the admission into evidence of certain items recovered by the police during a warrantless search of trash bags located in defendant’s backyard.
The charges against defendant arose out of the December 4,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- People v. EdwardsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1969
- People v. MooreMichigan Supreme Court · 1974
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3Cited by13 opinions
- California v. GreenwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Doe v. MillsMichigan Court of Appeals · 1995
- Cooks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1985
- State v. MorrisSupreme Court of Vermont · 1996
- People v. HillmanSupreme Court of Colorado · 1992
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