Legal Opinion
People v. Usher
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided November 17, 1982No. Docket 54642PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtN. J. Kaufman, J.
Following a jury trial, defendant Frank Lee Usher was found guilty as charged of first-degree murder, MCL 750.316; MSA 28.548, and felony-firearm, MCL 750.227b; MSA 28.424(2). Defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment for the first-degree murder conviction, the sentence to be preceded by a jail sentence of two years for the felony-firearm conviction. He appeals by right.
Defendant first challenges the sufficiency of the evidence presented against him at his preliminary examination.
An examining magistrate has a duty to bind a defendant over for a trial if it appears that a crime has been…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- People v. FrancisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1969
- People v. PalmerMichigan Supreme Court · 1974
- People v. DossMichigan Supreme Court · 1979
- People v. AstaMichigan Supreme Court · 1953
- People v. DuncanMichigan Supreme Court · 1972
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3Cited by9 opinions
- People v. LawtonMichigan Court of Appeals · 1992
- People v. FiedlerMichigan Court of Appeals · 1992
- People v. UsherMichigan Court of Appeals · 1992
- Harris v. BookerDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2010
- People of Michigan v. Douglas Edwin Ball JrMichigan Court of Appeals · 2019
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