People v. Coates

I concur in the decision of Judge Burns, recognizing in doing so that it is inconsistent with People v Danles, 15 Mich App 510 (1969) which I signed. Danles was based on People v Eagger, 4 Mich App 449 (1966), which at that time was the sole pronouncement of this Court on requiring the trial court, absent a request, to instruct the jury that prior inconsistent statements of a witness could be used for impeachment purposes only. Subsequent to Danles we have had People v Virgil Brown, 15 Mich App 600 (1969), People v Budary, 22 Mich App 485 (1970) [which this writer authored], the second People…