Legal Opinion

People v. Oliver

Michigan Court of Appeals

Decided December 15, 1981No. Docket 50525PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJ. H. Gillis, P.J.

Defendant was charged with three counts of first-degree murder for the February 15, 1979, stabbing of Joan Prather in Hamtramck. MCL 750.316; MSA 28.548. Count I charged defendant with premeditated murder while counts II and III charged defendant respectively with committing the murder while in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of a larceny and while in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of a rape. On December 19, 1979, defendant was found guilty on all three counts by a Wayne County Circuit Court jury. The trial judge sentenced the defendant to life imprisonment for the…

2Cases cited46 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Franks v. DelawareSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Payton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  5. Frazier v. CuppSupreme Court of the United States · 1969

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3Cited by38 opinions

  1. People v. DunnMichigan Supreme Court · 1994
  2. People v. WilliamsMichigan Supreme Court · 1985
  3. People v. PetrellaMichigan Court of Appeals · 1983
  4. People v. BettisteaMichigan Court of Appeals · 1988
  5. People v. RockwellMichigan Court of Appeals · 1991

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