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People v. Jackson

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided December 18, 1973No. 1 October Term 1973, Docket No. 54,381PublishedCited by 138 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLevin, J.

Robert Jackson shot and killed Jackie (Sonny) Wilson, Jr. during a shoot-out with Richard Holmes.

Michael Lewis testified that Holmes shot first and Jackson then returned Holmes’s fire. Wilson was shot in the cross-fire. Jackson was convicted of second-degree murder by the judge who sat without a jury.

Wilson was a friend of Jackson and there is no reason to believe that Jackson intended to kill him. The case was tried on the assumption stated both by the prosecutor and Jackson’s lawyer that Wilson’s death was accidental.

The unintended killing of an innocent bystander is not murder if…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Kaminski v. Grand Trunk Western RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1956
  2. People v. RobinsonMichigan Supreme Court · 1973
  3. Woodin v. DurfeeMichigan Supreme Court · 1881
  4. People v. StallworthMichigan Supreme Court · 1961
  5. Hagan v. Chicago, Detroit & Canada Grand Trunk Junction RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1891

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3Cited by138 opinions

  1. People v. JacksonMichigan Supreme Court · 1974
  2. People v. DupreeMichigan Supreme Court · 2010
  3. State v. AcostaWashington Supreme Court · 1984
  4. People v. CainMichigan Court of Appeals · 2000
  5. People v. HeflinMichigan Supreme Court · 1990

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