Legal Opinion
People v. Willie Lee Lewis
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided March 22, 1971No. Docket 8094PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtR. B. Burns, J.
On November 8, 1962, the defendant was convicted of first-degree murder. MOLA § 750.316 (Stat Ann 1954 Rev § 28.548). The evidence leading to defendant’s arrest and conviction was partly fortuitous and partly a result of diligent police work. Approximately two weeks after the rape and murder of Mrs. Lucy Norris the defendant was picked up on a charge of breaking and entering. Subsequent police investigations into that charge linked defendant with the Norris murder. Items seized from defendant’s dwelling were scientifically connected to the Norris murder and eventually played a role in the…
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