Legal Opinion
People v. Bloss
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided October 31, 1972No. 22 October Term 1971, Docket Nos. 53,135-53,137Published
1Opinion of the Court
388 Mich. 409 (1972)
201 N.W.2d 806
PEOPLE
v.
BLOSS
No. 22 October Term 1971, Docket Nos. 53,135-53,137.
Supreme Court of Michigan.
Decided October 31, 1972.
Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, James K. Miller, Prosecuting Attorney, and S.J. Venema, Special Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.
John W. Piggott, P.C., for defendant Bloss.
ADAMS, J.
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