Legal Opinion
People v. Summers
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided December 31, 1968No. Docket 3,422PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLevin, J.
On November 28, 1958, the defendant, Henry Lee Summers, was convicted by jury verdict of the first-degree murder of Barbara Watkins. Two written confessions were introduced at the trial over objection. One of the two written confessions was given to police detectives, the other to the prosecutor.
In 1965 the defendant was granted a Walher hearing 1 concerning the voluntariness of the confessions. On October 8, 1965, the judge who conducted the hearing filed a lengthy opinion holding that both confessions were freely and voluntarily made and there was no error in their introduction into…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Haynes v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by22 opinions
- People v. RobinsonMichigan Supreme Court · 1972
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- People v. SmithMichigan Court of Appeals · 1969
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