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People v. Whetstone

Michigan Court of Appeals

Decided September 21, 1982No. Docket 53409PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.

May a defendant be convicted of felony murder where the underlying felony, breaking and entering, occurred in 1978, before breaking and entering was made an enumerated felony in 1980 under MCL 750.316; MSA 28.548? This question of first impression comes to us on the following facts.

Sometime between 10 and 11 a.m. on Sunday, October 15, 1978, Martin Rueger was found lying on the ground at his home in Saginaw. The car door was open and the motor running. The back doors were open, the window of one of the doors was broken and the house was ransacked. Two portable television sets, a check…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. Bell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
  3. Yates v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  4. People v. AllenMichigan Supreme Court · 1973
  5. People v. BellMichigan Court of Appeals · 1977

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. People v. Metamora Water Service, IncMichigan Court of Appeals · 2007
  2. People v. WarrenMichigan Court of Appeals · 1998
  3. People v. DavenportMichigan Court of Appeals · 1982
  4. People v. CooperMichigan Court of Appeals · 1988
  5. People v. WhetstoneMichigan Court of Appeals · 1984

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