Legal Opinion
People v. Dixon
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided July 17, 1978No. Docket 77-373PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtH. E. Deming, J.
On July 27, 1976, defendant was convicted by a jury of second-degree murder, MCL 750.317; MSA 28.549, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. This prosecution arose out of the fatal shooting of a police officer on January 9, 1976. Defendant admitted shooting the officer but claimed that he acted in self-defense.
The first issue raised by defendant concerns the effect of pretrial publicity on his right to trial by an impartial jury, US Const, Am VI. The circumstances surrounding this case generated newspaper articles on the crime, the defendant, and the fact that, at the time of the shooting,…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Rideau v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- People v. WalkerMichigan Supreme Court · 1965
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3Cited by44 opinions
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