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People v. Hughes

Michigan Court of Appeals

Decided November 5, 1979No. Docket 78-1038PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtD. E. Holbrook, J.

Defendant was convicted by jury on May 4, 1977, of felony murder, contrary to MCL 750.316; MSA 28.548, in connection with the fatal shooting of a police officer during the armed robbery of a branch of the National Bank of Ypsilanti on July 11, 1975. On June 7, 1977, he was sentenced to life imprisonment and now appeals of right.

Defendant’s first trial ended in a mistrial in September 1976 when the jury was unable to reach a verdict. At the retrial police officer Claudius Wilcox testified that while pursuing the robbers’ automobile as it fled the scene after the robbery he observed a portion…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Britt v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. People v. JacksonMichigan Supreme Court · 1974
  3. People v. BaldwinMichigan Supreme Court · 1979
  4. People v. GreenMichigan Court of Appeals · 1978
  5. People v. TownsendMichigan Court of Appeals · 1975

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. People v. LytalMichigan Court of Appeals · 1980
  2. People v. CowardMichigan Court of Appeals · 1981
  3. People v. McBrideMichigan Supreme Court · 1982
  4. People v. JACQUELINE BROWNMichigan Court of Appeals · 1983
  5. People v. MacLinMichigan Court of Appeals · 1980

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