People v. Redman

The defendants were tried and convicted of the crime of feloniously assaulting and carnally knowing a female child under the age of 16 years, MCLA § 750.520 (Stat Ann 1962 Rev § 28.788). Defendants contend that the court improperly charged the jury as to prior contradictory extrajudicial statements being substantive trial testimony and as to the people’s witnesses being declared hostile. A review of the trial court’s instructions reveals no reversible error.

The testimony of the prosecutrix and her mother, along with that of a medical witness, was sufficient to establish the essential elements…