Legal Opinion

People v. Askar

Michigan Court of Appeals

Decided November 16, 1967No. Docket 1,607PublishedCited by 53 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtT. G. Kavanagh, P. J.

Defendant was convicted of sodomy. He appeals.

The appeal makes five assertions of error — the first questioning the sufficiency of the evidence, the second challenging the construction of the statute as forbidding anal intercourse between male and female, and the remaining three asserting that the trial court’s rulings and the conduct of the prosecutor prevented the defendant from having a fair trial.

Concerning the sufficiency of the evidence we find no error. There was indeed' evidence of the commission of the offense charged and since the weight of the evidence and credibility of the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. People v. SwiftMichigan Supreme Court · 1912
  2. People v. SchweitzerMichigan Supreme Court · 1871
  3. People v. SchramMichigan Court of Appeals · 1965
  4. People v. PetroskyMichigan Supreme Court · 1938
  5. People v. SchmittMichigan Supreme Court · 1936

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3Cited by53 opinions

  1. People v. BrocatoMichigan Court of Appeals · 1969
  2. People v. ChismMichigan Supreme Court · 1973
  3. Dixon v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1972
  4. People v. ChristensenMichigan Court of Appeals · 1975
  5. People v. KellyMichigan Supreme Court · 1971

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