Legal Opinion
People v. Triplett
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided April 26, 1976No. Docket 20352PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtD. F. Walsh, J.
Defendant was originally charged with the first-degree murder, MCLA 750.316; MSA 28.548, of Ulysses Thornton. The victim, a store guard, was one of three fatalities resulting from a shooting affray which took place during the attempted holdup of a neighborhood grocery store in Detroit on July 30, 1971. On December 15, 1971, Recorder’s Court Judge Henry Heading accepted the defendant’s plea to second-degree murder, MCLA 750.317; MSA 28.549. He was thereafter sentenced to a term in prison of from 45 to 60 years.
On May 22, 1972, Judge Heading vacated that plea and granted defendant’s motion for…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- California v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Mattox v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
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3Cited by24 opinions
- People v. TriplettMichigan Supreme Court · 1980
- People v. TerrellMichigan Court of Appeals · 1977
- People v. YoungMichigan Court of Appeals · 1979
- Triplett v. Deputy Warden, Jackson PrisonMichigan Court of Appeals · 1985
- People v. StricklandMichigan Court of Appeals · 1977
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