PEOPLE v. BLAKES

Calendar No. 9, Docket No. 51,647.

382 Mich. 570 (1969)

170 N.W.2d 832

PEOPLE v. BLAKES.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided October 6, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, James K. Miller, Prosecuting Attorney, S.J. Venema, Chief Appellate Attorney, and Donld E. Zerial, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Milton R. Henry, for defendants on appeal.


KELLY, J.

A three-month Grand Rapids police department investigation and surveillance of persons suspected of operating a numbers lottery resulted in complaint and warrant accusing Walter Blakes, Emmett Pruitt, LaVerne Holbrook, and Willis Brown with conspiring together to violate the gaming laws. At the preliminary examination, LaVerne Holbrook was discharged from custody upon motion by the prosecuting attorney.

Pruitt, Blakes, and Brown waived a jury trial...

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