People v. Yacks

Harold Peck, a service station attendant, was slain in a robbery on January 19, 1970. Defendant was charged and convicted under the felony-murder statute, MCLA 750.316; MSA 28.548. This Court heard an appeal from that conviction and returned the cause to the trial court to determine whether a certain witness, whom defendant was not allowed to cross-examine as to his juvenile record, did in fact have a juvenile record. People v Yacks, 38 Mich App 437; 196 NW2d 827 (1972). A new trial was granted on the basis that it was erroneous for the trial judge in the first trial to deny defendant the…