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In Re Colacasides

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided July 21, 1967No. Calendar 5, Docket 51,721PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Souris and O’Hara, JJ.

This is an appeal on leave granted by this Court from the circuit court for Wayne county, bypassing the Court of Appeals pursuant to GCR 1963, 852.1

Appellant was found guilty of contempt, by the Honorable Charles Kaufman, a judge of the Wayne circuit court, for refusal to testify in a one-man grand jury proceeding presided over by the Honorable George E. Bowles, also a judge of the Wayne circuit court. Judge Kaufman sentenced appellant to six months’ confinement in the Detroit house of correction, or until the expiration of the above designated grand jury, or until such…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Malloy v. HoganSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  5. Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963

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3Cited by34 opinions

  1. People v. McIntireMichigan Court of Appeals · 1999
  2. People v. JohnsMichigan Supreme Court · 1971
  3. Jaikins v. JaikinsMichigan Court of Appeals · 1968
  4. People v. JosephMichigan Supreme Court · 1970
  5. People v. GoodmanMichigan Court of Appeals · 1969

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