People v. Lane
Michigan Supreme Court
Exceptions before judgment from Wayne. Information for attempt to kill and murder. Respondent was convicted.
1Opinion of the CourtCooley, J.
The respondent was convicted of an attempt to murder one Allen by administering morphine to him. The evidence that any such offence was committed was the respondent’s admission. The medical and other evidence in the case tended very strongly to show that the admission was unfounded. The defendant on the trial' explained his story by saying that he invented it to get up a sensation by way of advertisement for a firm of sensational doctors. The explanation was extraordinary, but on the evidence it is more credible than the confession on which respondent was convicted.
An unsupported confession…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People v. HennesseyNew York Supreme Court · 1836
- Stringfellow v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1853
3Cited by20 opinions
- People v. AllenMichigan Court of Appeals · 1972
- Bines v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Naftzger v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1912
- People v. BarronMichigan Supreme Court · 1968
- People v. CottonMichigan Court of Appeals · 1991
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