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PEOPLE v. SMITH

Docket No. 16469.

56 Mich. App. 560 (1974)

224 N.W.2d 676

PEOPLE v. SMITH

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided November 25, 1974.

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 Frederick R. Doetsch, Jr., Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Fred K. Persons, for defendants.

Before: J.H. GILLIS, P.J., and ALLEN and PETERSON, JJ.

J.H. GILLIS, P.J.

Defendants Robert and Leon Smith, along with one Gus Smith, attempted an armed robbery of a Detroit pawn shop. Police were summoned to the scene, and an exchange of gunfire ensued. Both Gus Smith and a police officer, William Schmedding, were killed. Two bystanders were wounded. Defendants Robert and Leon Smith were convicted by a jury of first-degree murder,1 and sentenced to life imprisonment. They appeal as of right...

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