Legal Opinion

People v. Wright

Michigan Court of Appeals

Decided April 13, 1967No. Docket 1,613PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLesinski, C. J.

Defendant appeals a denial by the trial court of his delayed motion for a new trial filed 15 years after a conviction for first-degree murder in the recorder’s court of the city of Detroit.

On February 17,1949, at approximately 4:20 a.m., two Detroit police officers, David J. Bergum and Alfred Pennese, while driving west on Ash street between 16th and 17th streets, observed a person walking in the same direction on the south side of Ash. Officer Bergum drove the car over to the south side of Ash and called for the man to stop. After the car had stopped, officer Pennese was unable to see the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  5. Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. People v. SmithMichigan Court of Appeals · 1969
  2. People v. YoungMichigan Court of Appeals · 1970
  3. People v. RaubMichigan Court of Appeals · 1967
  4. People v. GoreeMichigan Court of Appeals · 1971
  5. People v. SolisMichigan Court of Appeals · 1971

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