PEOPLE v. GRAHAM

No. 12 October Term 1971, Docket No. 53,283.

386 Mich. 452 (1971)

192 N.W.2d 255

PEOPLE v. GRAHAM

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided December 21, 1971.


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 P. Smith, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Arthur J. Tarnow, State Appellate Defender, and Martin I. Reisig, Assistant Defender, for defendant on appeal.


WILLIAMS, J.

This case presents two principal issues: 1) Whether the defendant's silence during interrogation can be used for the purpose of impeachment; 2) Whether the defendant's silence during interrogation was inconsistent with his testimony at trial.

Defendant Graham was convicted of robbery armed in Detroit Recorder's Court by a jury on June 1, 1967, and sentenced from 15 to 30 years in prison. The trial court denied the defendant's motion for a new...

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