Legal Opinion
People v. Jones
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided December 23, 1982No. 66011, (Calendar No. 12)PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKavanagh, J.
(for reversal). Jesse James Jones was convicted of first-degree murder by a jury and was sentenced to life imprisonment. MCL 750.316; *357MSA 28.548. The conviction was based in part on his confessional statement, admitted into evidence over his objection.
On appeal, the Court of Appeals affirmed in an unpublished opinion, finding under the "totality of circumstances” that the defendant’s confession was admissible. Defendant asserts that the statement made by him pursuant to a plea agreement that he later refused to carry out was improperly admitted into evidence.
We reverse the decision of the…
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