PEOPLE v. JAMES THOMAS

Docket No. 8,489.

27 Mich. App. 637 (1970)

183 N.W.2d 860

PEOPLE v. JAMES THOMAS

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided October 30, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, William L. Cahalan, Prosecuting Attorney, Dominick R. Carnovale, Chief, Appellate Department, and Thomas R. Lewis, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

James C. Worth, for defendant on appeal.

Before: V.J. BRENNAN, P.J., and J.H. GILLIS and O'HARA, JJ.


O'HARA, J.

Defendant was tried in December 1966 by jury for the crime of unlawfully driving away a motor vehicle, MCLA § 750.413 (Stat Ann 1954 Rev § 28.645). The trial, presided over by Judge John A. Ricca of Detroit Recorder's Court, resulted in conviction. On December 27, 1966, defendant was sentenced to one to five years in state prison.

On appeal, appellant alleges that two reversible errors were made by the trial court. The first alleged error...

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