Legal Opinion
People v. Smith
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided February 5, 1979No. 56620, (Calendar No. 1)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRyan, J.
On February 5, 1954, defendant Louis Maurice Smith, then 18 years of age, was committed to the Kalamazoo State Hospital following a series of relatively minor acts of sexual misconduct such as indecent exposure, window peeping and stealing articles of feminine apparel. Eight months after defendant’s commitment a student nurse was found raped and strangled to death in the basement of the hospital. That same day, November 5, 1954, defendant was arrested and charged with her murder.
On November 17, 1954, a preliminary examination was conducted at which the evidence, including the defendant’s…
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