Legal Opinion
People v. Kelly
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided December 17, 1985No. Docket 64363PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Per curiam
On June 21, 1982, defendant was convicted by a jury of two counts of first-degree murder, MCL 750.316; MSA 28.548. Sentenced to concurrent life prison terms, he appeals as of right.
This case involves an early morning fire bombing and shooting in the sixth-floor hallway of the Douglas wing of Bursley Hall, a predominantly freshman dormitory at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Michael Neumann testified at trial as to how the incident began. He had stayed up Thursday night to type a paper so that he could go home for the Easter weekend. About 3 a.m. Friday, April 17, 1981, Neumann heard…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Rochin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Duren v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Estelle v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- People v. WheelerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1978
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3Cited by2 opinions
- People v. HubbardMichigan Court of Appeals · 1996
- Kelly v. WithrowDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 1993