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PEOPLE v. SMITH

Docket No. 5,027.

16 Mich. App. 198 (1969)

167 N.W.2d 832

PEOPLE v. DAVID SMITH

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided February 26, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, William L. Cahalan. Prosecuting Attorney, Samuel J. Torina, Chief Appellate Lawyer, and Stephen H. Boak, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Kenneth A. Webb, for defendant on appeal.

BEFORE: LESINSKI, C.J., and J.H. GILLIS and T.M. BURNS, JJ.

PER CURIAM:

Defendant was tried by jury in Detroit recorder's court and convicted of felonious assault.1 He appeals, alleging that the prosecuting attorney in his closing argument made prejudicial statements before the jury which constitute reversible error.

The prosecutor's statements are as follows:

"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, it's our opinion that there has been a crime here. That crime is felonious assault. It...

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