PEOPLE v. FRECHETTE

Docket No. 1086.

3 Mich. App. 249 (1966)

142 N.W.2d 19

PEOPLE v. FRECHETTE.

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Leave to appeal granted November 14, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, and Charles B. Gatesman, Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

E. Reed Fletcher, for defendant.


Leave to appeal granted by Supreme Court November 14, 1966. See 378 Mich. 738, 380 Mich. 64.

T.G. KAVANAGH, P.J.

In 1935 after a trial which attracted nationwide publicity, Clarence R. Frechette was convicted by a jury of first-degree murder1 and sentenced to life in prison.

He claimed he acted in self-defense and has steadfastly maintained...

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