Legal Opinion
People v. Hoy
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided May 6, 1968No. Calendar 18, Docket 51,563PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBbeNNAN, J.
Frederick Hoy was convicted of being drunk or intoxicated in a public place, third offense.1 Upon a plea of guilty entered October 9, 1964, in circuit court he was sentenced to a term of 1-1/2 to 2 years in State’s prison.
A petition to vacate sentence, plea, and for a new trial was filed on his behalf, and on January 22, 1965, a hearing was held on this petition. The twofold thrust of this petition was that the defendant “unknowingly believed that an attorney could not be of any assistance to him,” and. that defendant has been subjected to cruel and unusual punishment. Ploy had been…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Robinson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Easter v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1965
- Driver v. HinnantDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1965
3Cited by12 opinions
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- State Ex Rel. Harper v. ZegeerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1982
- People v. GagnonMichigan Court of Appeals · 1983
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