Legal Opinion

People v. Palm

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided January 7, 1929No. Docket No. 126. Calendar No. 33,801PublishedCited by 66 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSharpe, J.

Defendant reviews his conviction and sentence to life .imprisonment on his plea of guilty by writ of error allowed by this court on his personal petition therefor. All irregularities in the issuance thereof have been waived by the attorney general.

The sentence was imposed under the mandatory provision of section 12 of chapter 9 of Act No. 175 of the Public Acts of 1927 (the code of criminal procedure), which reads as follows:

“A person who after having been three times convicted within this State, of felonies or attempts to commit felonies, or under the law of any other State, government or…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Graham v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  2. McDonald v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
  3. People v. GowaskyNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
  4. Mackin v. Detroit-Timkin Axle Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1915
  5. Loomis v. RogersMichigan Supreme Court · 1917

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3Cited by66 opinions

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  2. People v. HallMichigan Supreme Court · 1976
  3. People v. BrownMichigan Supreme Court · 1931
  4. People v. HendrickMichigan Supreme Court · 1976
  5. People v. BewersdorfMichigan Supreme Court · 1991

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