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PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

Docket No. 11989.

39 Mich. App. 458 (1972)

197 N.W.2d 858

PEOPLE v. FRANK WILLIAMS

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided March 24, 1972.

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 M. Khalil, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Arthur J. Tarnow, State Appellate Defender, and Jane Burgess, Assistant Defender, for defendant.

Before: LESINSKI, C.J., and LEVIN and O'HARA, JJ.

LEVIN, J.

The defendant, Frank Williams, appeals his conviction of attempted armed robbery. MCLA 750.92, 750.529; MSA 28.287, 28.797.

During the cross-examination of two of the defendant's witnesses the prosecutor asked whether they believed in the Supreme Being and whether they would tell a falsehood to save the defendant. This line of questioning was manifestly improper and should not have been permitted.

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