People v. Price

This is an appeal by leave and at the instance of the people from a habeas corpus release. Combined in the alternative with the appeal is an application for an order of superintending control. The defendant and petitioner below, William Price, is on personal bond pending the outcome.

The events preceding the release are summarized as follows:

In July, 1961, the defendant, then 16 years old, was charged with larceny from the person. Jurisdiction was waived by the juvenile court and trial in the recorder’s court of the city of Detroit in September, 1961, resulted in a verdict of guilty as…