PEOPLE v. DUGAN

Docket No. 7204.

29 Mich. App. 76 (1970)

184 N.W.2d 758

PEOPLE v. DUGAN

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided December 9, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, George N. Parris, Prosecuting Attorney, Thaddeus F. Hamera, Chief Appellate Lawyer, and Don L. Milbourn, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Johnston & Wendt, for defendant.

Before: McGREGOR, P.J., and HOLBROOK and O'HARA, JJ.


O'HARA, J.

This is an appeal of right from a jury verdict of guilty on the charge of extortion.1

To understand the legal issue upon which we decide the case, a recitation of the background out of which the alleged extortion grew is necessary.

The complaining witness, whose automobile was being purchased on the installment plan, and whose preinduction fiscal affairs hardly suggest great affluence, incredibly flipped a coin...

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