Legal Opinion
People v. Ranes
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided August 25, 1975No. Docket 18210PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
D. E. Holbrook, Jr., J.
Defendant was convicted by a jury of first degree murder. MCLA 750.316; MSA 28.548. Thereafter, defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment in solitary confinement at hard labor. He now appeals as of right.
Crucial to defendant’s conviction was the testimony of witnesses Brent Koster, who testified that he and defendant acting together raped and murdered the deceased, Pamela Fearnow; Lee Keaton, a county jail inmate who testified that defendant, while also in jail, asked Keaton if he knew of anyone that could take a contract to kill Koster because he, the defendant,…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- People v. FalknerMichigan Supreme Court · 1973
- People v. EddingtonMichigan Supreme Court · 1972
- People v. SalsburyMichigan Supreme Court · 1903
- People v. HooperMichigan Court of Appeals · 1973
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3Cited by22 opinions
- People v. BaynesIllinois Supreme Court · 1981
- Commonwealth v. VitelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Brandon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
- State v. CordeiroHawaii Supreme Court · 2002
- People v. DixonMichigan Court of Appeals · 1978
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