Legal Opinion

People v. Collier

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided September 16, 1986No. 75603, (Calendar No. 19)PublishedCited by 48 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*26Brickley, J.

The issue in this case is whether the Court of Appeals properly reversed defendant’s conviction on the basis of improper prosecutorial cross-examination and argument concerning defendant’s prearrest failure to inform the police of his version of the facts that he had been robbed.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

Defendant was charged with assault with intent to commit murder, MCL 750.83; MSA 28.278, for stabbing Wade Dean on November 2, 1981. After a three-day jury trial, defendant was convicted of the lesser offense of assault with intent to commit great bodily harm less than murder on…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Jenkins v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Fletcher v. WeirSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. Brown v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  5. Wainwright v. GreenfieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1986

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3Cited by48 opinions

  1. People v. BullockMichigan Supreme Court · 1992
  2. State v. BrownSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1990
  3. People v. SchollaertMichigan Court of Appeals · 1992
  4. People v. LawtonMichigan Court of Appeals · 1992
  5. People v. CollinsMichigan Supreme Court · 1991

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