Legal Opinion
People v. Turner
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided February 23, 1972No. Docket 10652PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLesinski, C. J.
Defendant Thomas Patterson Turner was convicted by a judge sitting as trier of fact of both the sale and possession of heroin. MCLA 335.152; MSA 18.1122; MCLA 335.153; MSA 18.1123. He appeals as of right.
The facts of this case established that Melbourne Partridge, a truck driver and acquaintance of the defendant, had collaborated with State Trooper James Ewers in an attempt to determine if the defendant sold narcotics. After feigning friendship with the defendant for several months, Partridge and Ewers met defendant on February 22, 1970, whereupon Partridge asked for some heroin for his girl…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Sherman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Commonwealth v. HarvardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969
- People v. SmithMichigan Supreme Court · 1941
- People v. BranchAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1961
- People v. OvalleMichigan Court of Appeals · 1968
3Cited by19 opinions
- People v. TurnerMichigan Supreme Court · 1973
- People v. AuerMichigan Supreme Court · 1975
- Hill v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1977
- Posey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1973
- People v. Margaret JonesMichigan Court of Appeals · 1973
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