Legal Opinion

People v. Couch

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided September 26, 1990No. 85979, (Calendar No. 6)Published

1Opinion of the Court

436 Mich. 414 (1990)

461 N.W.2d 683

PEOPLE

v.

COUCH

Docket No. 85979, (Calendar No. 6).

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Argued April 3, 1990.

Decided September 26, 1990.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, John D. O'Hair, Prosecuting Attorney, and George E. Ward, Chief Assistant Prosecutor, for the people.

Kenneth R. Sasse and James A. Waske, for the defendant.

BOYLE, J.

We agree with Justice ARCHER'S conclusion that the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Tennessee v Garner, 471 US 1; 105 S Ct 1694; 85 L Ed 2d 1 (1985), did not "automatically" modify this state's…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Tennessee v. GarnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Morissette v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  5. Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974

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