People v. Coleman

On appeal of his jury conviction of assault with intent to rape,* 1 defendant makes three claims.

First: The waiver of the juvenile court, on June 15, 1966, to recorder’s court where no findings and reasons therefor were filed until December 12, 1966, did not satisfy the equal protection of law provision of the Federal Constitution and the juvenile court act.

At the time of the alleged offense on December 8, 1965, defendant’s age was 16 years, 5 months. Within two days thereafter defendant had been arrested, placed in the Wayne County Youth Home and fingerprinted. It appears that he was already…