Legal Opinion
People v. Walker
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided January 5, 1965No. Calendar 44, Docket 49,789PublishedCited by 586 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On Rehearing.
O’Hara, J.
By an equally divided Court, defendant’s conviction of first-degree murder was upheld in People v. Walker, 371 Mich 599. Rehearing and reargument were granted.
In fairness to the circuit bench, the prosecuting attorneys of the State, the defense bar, and through them all, to the ultimate repository of our judicial responsibility—the citizenry of Michigan—-we owe a duty to speak clearly of the effect of Jackson v. Denno, 378 US 368 (84 S Ct 1774, 12 L ed 2d 908) handed down since our previous decision herein.
If we read Jackson v. Denno, supra, correctly the action of the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Blackburn v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Stein v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Smith v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Wilson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
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3Cited by586 opinions
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- Duncan v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1965
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- State Ex Rel. Goodchild v. BurkeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1965
- State v. CollinsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1972
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