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PEOPLE v. COPELAND

Calendar No. 4, Docket No. 51,213.

378 Mich. 611 (1967)

147 N.W.2d 98

PEOPLE v. COPELAND.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided January 4, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, Samuel H. Olsen, Prosecuting Attorney, Samuel J. Torina, Chief Appellate Lawyer, and James E. Lacey, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Goodman, Crockett, Eden, Robb & Philo (Rolland R. O'Hare and Sheldon M. Meizlish, of counsel), for defendant.

Amicus Curiae:

Civil Liberties Committee of the State Bar of Michigan, by Irving Tukel.

KELLY, J.

Defendant was convicted of assault and battery by recorder's court Judge Hon. Frank G. Schemanske and sentenced to 90 days in the Detroit House of Correction. He was not represented by counsel.

At the conclusion of the 90-day sentence defendant was returned to prison. The chairman of the Michigan department of corrections parole board explains his return as follows:

"He served his term at the Detroit house of correction, was returned to prison...

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