Legal Opinion
People v. Chapman
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided January 5, 1978No. Docket 77-617PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtH. L. Heading, J.
Defendant was charged with inciting, inducing or exhorting another to commit murder, MCLA 750.157b; MSA 28.354(2). At his preliminary examination, the magistrate refused to bind defendant over for trial, on grounds that the prosecution was required to establish, as part of the corpus deliciti, that a murder had actually occurred. The prosecutor appealed this decision in Circuit Court for Jackson County, which reversed. On remand, defendant was bound over for trial as charged.
Prior to trial, a second count of inciting, inducing or exhorting another to commit felonious assault, MCLA 750.157b;…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Brandenburg v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by12 opinions
- People v. CyrMichigan Court of Appeals · 1982
- People v. RichendollarMichigan Court of Appeals · 1978
- People v. OwensMichigan Court of Appeals · 1983
- People v. TaylorMichigan Court of Appeals · 1979
- People v. ShafouMichigan Supreme Court · 1982
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