Legal Opinion
People v. Mallory
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided February 1, 1985No. Docket Nos. 64270, 65203, 65206. (Calendar Nos. 8-10)PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCavanagh, J.
Defendants were convicted by a jury of first-degree felony murder, MCL 750.316; MSA 28.548, and were sentenced to the statutorily mandated term of life imprisonment. The Court of Appeals affirmed their convictions,1 and we granted defendants’ applications for leave to appeal.2
I. Facts
On January 12, 1978, at about 10:30 p.m., O’Dell Cheatham was beaten and stabbed in a Detroit alley. An eyewitness saw two men, whom he could identify, beating and kicking the victim near a car. That witness also saw a third man, whom he could not identify, seated in the car in the driver’s position. The witness…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Dunaway v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Illinois v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Snyder v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
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3Cited by75 opinions
- People v. KellyMichigan Court of Appeals · 1998
- People v. RobertsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1992
- People v. SniderMichigan Court of Appeals · 2000
- People v. CiprianoMichigan Supreme Court · 1988
- People v. HerndonMichigan Court of Appeals · 2001
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