Legal Opinion
People v. Rolston
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided January 15, 1974No. Docket 14259PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBronson, P. J.
Defendant, Robert Rolston, was convicted by a Wayne County jury of kidnapping. MCLA 750.349; MSA 28.581. He appeals as of right.
On January 23, 1967, defendant and Larry Markham entered a bar in River Rouge, Michigan, engaged the barmaid in conversation, and then left the premises. Shortly thereafter, patrons in the bar found the barmaid missing and the owner found a shortage in the cash register.
The barmaid was found shot to death in a wooded area in Washtenaw County. It was shown by defendant’s statement to police that he and Markham had taken the barmaid from the bar at gunpoint, driven to…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Commonwealth v. CampanaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- People v. WhiteMichigan Supreme Court · 1973
- State v. BrownOregon Supreme Court · 1972
- Turner v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Crampton v. 54-A District JudgeMichigan Supreme Court · 1976
- Ellis Kennedy Douthit v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- People v. Charles JohnsonMichigan Court of Appeals · 1975
- People v. GrantMichigan Court of Appeals · 1980
- Markham v. AndersonDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1979
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