Legal Opinion
People v. Partee
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided April 7, 1983No. Docket 55345PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Per curiam
Following a jury trial, defendant, Robert Edward Partee, was found guilty as charged of first-degree murder, MCL 750.316; MSA 28.548, and felony-firearm, MCL 750.227b; MSA 28.424(2). Defendant was sentenced to the mandatory consecutive prison terms of two years for felony-firearm and life for first-degree murder. He appeals as of right.
Defendant’s convictions arose out of events on July 18, 1979, at the Democratic Club, a private club in Detroit. The events culminated in the murder of three people and their subsequent decapitations. On appeal, defendant first claims that the trial judge…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Murphy v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- People v. HurstMichigan Supreme Court · 1976
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3Cited by6 opinions
- People v. HanaMichigan Supreme Court · 1994
- People v. SlatonMichigan Court of Appeals · 1984
- People v. HarveyMichigan Court of Appeals · 1988
- Partee v. StegallCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2001
- People of Michigan v. Jeffrey Thomas WillisMichigan Court of Appeals · 2019
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