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PEOPLE v. DOWNS

Docket No. 13200.

45 Mich. App. 130 (1973)

206 N.W.2d 241

PEOPLE v. DOWNS. PEOPLE v. KING.

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided February 22, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl Ziemba, for defendant Kenneth G. Downs on appeal.

David A. Goldstein, Assistant State Appellate Defender, for defendant Robert D. King.

Before: LESINSKI, C.J., and J.H. GILLIS and PETERSON, JJ.

Leave to appeal applied for.

PETERSON, J.

Defendants were convicted by jury of statutory rape. MCLA 750.520; MSA 28.788. The only question of merit on appeal involves cross-examination inquiry into the criminal record of each defendant.

It has been a touchstone of our jurisprudential faith that cross-examination is the sine qua non to test the quality of testimony and thereby permit the trier of fact to give it the weight it deserves. It is...

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