Legal Opinion
People v. Harper
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided October 26, 1972No. Docket 12957PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtT. M. Burns, J.
On April 3, 1970, a jury found the defendant John Eddie Harper guilty of statutory rape pursuant to MCLA 750.520; MSA 28.788. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and appeals as of right.
The victim of the rape testified that on the evening of December 19, 1969, she retired to her room located in the upstairs portion of her parents’ home and went to bed. Approximately an hour later, she was awakened by a man sitting on her bed. The man put a knife case to her throat, pulled down the bottoms of her pajamas, and forced her to submit to sexual intercourse.
The prosecutrix stated that she was able…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- People v. HuttonMichigan Court of Appeals · 1970
- People v. KeiswetterMichigan Court of Appeals · 1967
- People v. SpauldingMichigan Court of Appeals · 1972
- Terrell v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1968
- People v. TubbsMichigan Court of Appeals · 1970
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3Cited by52 opinions
- People v. HooperMichigan Court of Appeals · 1973
- State v. WilsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- People v. HodoMichigan Court of Appeals · 1974
- State v. LoucksWashington Supreme Court · 1983
- People v. JoynerMichigan Court of Appeals · 1979
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