Legal Opinion
People v. Thomas Martin
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided August 28, 1970No. Docket 8,630PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Per curiam
On May 10, 1968, defendant Thomas Martin waived a jury trial and was tried before a circuit judge on charges of breaking and entering an occupied dwelling, MCLA § 750.110 (Stat Ann 1962 Rev § 28.305), and receiving stolen property, MCLA § 750.535 (Stat Ann 1970 Cum Supp § 28-.803). The trial judge found the defendant guilty and sentenced him to 7-1/2 to 15 years in prison; from this judgment he appeals.
On January 28, 1968, in response to several radio calls concerning three males who were moving merchandise out of a house into a car, two patrol cars went to the scene. Defendant, in the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- People v. JordanMichigan Court of Appeals · 1968
- People v. BirtsMichigan Court of Appeals · 1969
3Cited by5 opinions
- People v. JablonskiMichigan Court of Appeals · 1972
- People v. JohnsonMichigan Court of Appeals · 1973
- People v. TraylorMichigan Court of Appeals · 1980
- People v. GuerreroMichigan Court of Appeals · 1975
- People v. AndersonMichigan Court of Appeals · 1973