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People v. Woodfork

Michigan Court of Appeals

Decided June 25, 1973No. Docket 10692, 10648PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*633J. H. Gillis, J.

Defendants, George Woodfork and Calvin Langston, were convicted in a joint jury trial of first-degree murder and armed robbery.1 They appeal raising separate issues.

At about 2 p.m. on December 31, 1969, two men entered a grocery in Flint, Michigan. One man produced a rifle, customers were ordered to lie on the floor, and one of the pair opened the cash register. Shots were fired; the proprietor was killed.

Maria Hopkins testified she had been babysitting at a nearby home that day when defendants arrived at 2:30 p.m. She was permitted to testify over defense objection that…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. People v. NeumannMichigan Court of Appeals · 1971
  3. People v. GeigerMichigan Court of Appeals · 1968
  4. People v. StewartMichigan Court of Appeals · 1973
  5. People v. NelsonMichigan Court of Appeals · 1971

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. People v. StanleyMichigan Court of Appeals · 1976
  2. People v. RitsemaMichigan Court of Appeals · 1981
  3. People v. HammackMichigan Court of Appeals · 1975
  4. People v. MusserMichigan Court of Appeals · 1974
  5. People v. Gilbert JohnsonMichigan Court of Appeals · 1974

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