Legal Opinion
People v. Connors
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided October 1, 1970No. Docket 8,056, 8,312PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtV. J. Brennan, J.
The defendants were convicted by a jury of assault with intent to rob and steal being unarmed. MCLA § 758.88 (Stat Ann 1963 Rev § 28.283). Both were sentenced to serve from 8 to 15 years in prison.
The testimony consisted of the version of the incident as given by the two arresting officers and as given by the defendants. The officers said that they first saw the defendants crossing the street on either side of the complainant, Wilfred Lynch, apparently helping the intoxicated man to walk. When the complainant was steered into an alley, the officers got suspicions. They emerged from their…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Klopfer v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- People v. NawrockiMichigan Court of Appeals · 1967
- People v. LundbergMichigan Supreme Court · 1961
- People v. MiklovichMichigan Supreme Court · 1965
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3Cited by4 opinions
- People v. WestonMichigan Supreme Court · 1982
- People v. BersineMichigan Court of Appeals · 1973
- People v. HessMichigan Court of Appeals · 1972
- People v. ShelmireMichigan Court of Appeals · 1971