Legal Opinion
People v. Kevorkian
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided February 5, 2002No. Docket 221758PublishedCited by 132 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhitbeck, J.
A jury convicted defendant of second-degree murder 1 and delivering a controlled substance. 2 The trial court sentenced him to concurrent prison terms of ten to twenty-five years for the murder conviction and seven years for the controlled substance conviction. Defendant appeals as of right and we affirm.
1. OVERVIEW
This case is about death; in particular, the death of former racecar driver Thomas Youk in September 1998. Youk was fifty-two years old and had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (als), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Defendant twice videotaped himself interacting with Youk. In the…
2Cases cited52 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Washington v. GlucksbergSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
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3Cited by132 opinions
- People v. MatuszakMichigan Court of Appeals · 2004
- People v. SollowayMichigan Court of Appeals · 2016
- People v. BassMichigan Court of Appeals · 2016
- People v. BowlingMichigan Court of Appeals · 2013
- People v. PowellMichigan Court of Appeals · 2013
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