Legal Opinion
People v. Smith
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided February 2, 1977No. Docket 27045, 21830, 24016PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtV. J. Brennan, P. J.
Defendants were tried jointly and convicted by a Wayne County Circuit Court jury of murder committed in the perpetration of a kidnapping, MCLA 750.316; MSA 28.548, and kidnapping, MCLA 750.349; MSA 28.581. All three defendants were sentenced to concurrent life terms. All three defendants appeal as a matter of right.
In simplified terms, the facts of this matter arose in the following order. On December 1, 1973, Keith Arnold and Gerald Kraft, aged six years and eight years respectively, disappeared in late afternoon while playing near their homes on Inverness in the city of Detroit.
At 9 o’clock…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- People v. Charles O. WilliamsMichigan Supreme Court · 1972
- People v. HumphreysMichigan Court of Appeals · 1970
- People v. HurstMichigan Supreme Court · 1976
- People v. UtterMichigan Supreme Court · 1921
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3Cited by24 opinions
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