Legal Opinion
People v. O'BRIEN
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided May 1, 1979No. Docket 77-3389PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtT. M. Burns, J.
Defendant was convicted by a jury of first-degree murder, MCL 750.316; MSA 28.548, on July 26, 1977, and given the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment. Appellate counsel was routinely appointed and a brief raising a number of issues was filed with this Court. Defendant filed a brief on his own behalf raising additional issues. We affirm the first-degree murder conviction.
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Just before the process of picking a jury began, defendant announced that he wished to have a particular attorney appointed to replace the attorney then serving him. Defendant listed six objections to continuing with his…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- South Dakota v. OppermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- People v. GintherMichigan Supreme Court · 1973
- Cardwell v. LewisSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- People v. ConklinMichigan Court of Appeals · 1982
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