Legal Opinion · Concurrence

People v. White

Michigan Court of Appeals

Decided December 2, 1980No. Docket 43473Published

1ConcurrenceM. J. Kelly, J.

I concur in the majority opinion, but take this opportunity to qualify my opinion in People v Sturdivant, 91 Mich App 128; 283 NW2d 669 (1979), concerning the admissibility of blood type evidence in criminal prosecutions.

Two cases in this Court have recently held blood type evidence admissible. In People v Spencer, 93 Mich App 605; 286 NW2d 879 (1979), a case de*163cided only three months after Sturdivant, the Court cited prior cases which admitted such evidence, "without comment”, as the basis for its decision. In a more recent decision, People v Horton, 99 Mich App 40; 297 NW2d 857 (1980), the…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. State v. PetersonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1974
  2. State v. ThomasArizona Supreme Court · 1954
  3. Commonwealth v. DiMarzoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
  4. State v. WaltersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1958
  5. Shanks v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1945

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