People v. Hernandez

423 Mich. 340 (1985)

377 N.W.2d 729

PEOPLE

v.

HERNANDEZ

Docket Nos. 72645, 72646.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided November 13, 1985.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, Joseph T. Barberi, Prosecuting Attorney, and Michael A. Nickerson, Assistant Attorney General, for the people.

State Appellate Defender (by Terence R. Flanagan) for the defendant.

This defendant persuaded the trial court to exclude evidence that he had committed a prior bad act. The issue now before us is whether the defendant's own direct examination testimony introduced the subject to the jury,…