Legal Opinion
People v. Harrell
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided December 21, 1976No. 56582, (Calendar No. 3)PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
Defendant was convicted by a jury of assulting a police officer, MCLA 750.479; MSA 28.747, and fleeing and eluding a police officer, MCLA 750.479a; MSA 28.747(1). On December 23, 1971, defendant was sentenced to 6 months in jail and $150 costs, or an additional 30 days in jail on one count, and a suspended sentence of $100 fine and $100 costs on the other count.
The Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction.1 This Court granted leave to appeal limited to the two questions considered herein.2
Defendant is a young black man and most of the police officers involved in the incident are white. Prior…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Ham v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Ristaino v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Aldridge v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- People v. HarrellMichigan Court of Appeals · 1974
- People v. BrownMichigan Court of Appeals · 1973
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3Cited by25 opinions
- People v. WilliamsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1981
- State v. MuetzeSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1985
- People v. PrastMichigan Court of Appeals · 1982
- Bynum v. ESAB Group, Inc.Michigan Supreme Court · 2002
- People v. BassMichigan Court of Appeals · 1979
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