Legal Opinion

People v. Williams

Michigan Court of Appeals

Decided September 7, 1988No. Docket 97724PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGillis, J.

Following a bench trial, defendant was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder, MCL 750.316; MSA 28.548, and two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, MCL 750.227b; MSA 28.424(2). Defendant was sentenced to concurrent mandatory life sentences for the murders to be served consecutively to his mandatory two-year prison sentence for felony-firearm. Defendant moved for a new trial, claiming that one of the two felony-firearm convictions which appeared on his judgment of sentence should be struck, that the trial court did not make specific findings of fact and…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Ex Parte WilsonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
  3. Young v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Lyles v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1978
  5. People v. HillMichigan Supreme Court · 1987

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Withrow v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Robert Allen Williams, Jr. v. Pamela WithrowCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1991
  3. People v. MayesMichigan Court of Appeals · 1993
  4. People v. SextonMichigan Court of Appeals · 1999
  5. Leatherman v. PalmerDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 2008

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