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People v. Battle

Michigan Court of Appeals

Decided September 7, 1976No. Docket 24730PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJ. H. Gillis, P. J.

A jury convicted the defendant of two counts of first-degree murder. MCLA 750.316; MSA 28.548. Defendant was given two concurrent life sentences and appeals.

On May 31, 1974, the bodies of Shelly Frazier (Shelly) and Willie Freeman Caruthers (Freeman) were found in a Monroe County ditch. The bodies had various bindings about the head and neck, and each victim had been shot through the head. The body of Freeman was bruised in the wrist area.

It was the opinion of Donald Chappell, the police sergeant who conducted the initial investigation of the bodies, that these people were shot at a different…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. People v. DegraffenreidMichigan Court of Appeals · 1969
  2. People v. HooperMichigan Court of Appeals · 1973
  3. People v. IaconisMichigan Court of Appeals · 1971
  4. People v. WatsonMichigan Supreme Court · 1943
  5. People v. ParksMichigan Court of Appeals · 1975

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. People v. DavidMichigan Court of Appeals · 1982
  2. People v. ThomasMichigan Court of Appeals · 1978
  3. People v. EmmertMichigan Court of Appeals · 1977
  4. People v. FosterMichigan Court of Appeals · 1977
  5. People v. DavidMichigan Court of Appeals · 1982

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