PEOPLE v. CHERRY

Docket No. 55206.

393 Mich. 261 (1974)

224 N.W.2d 286

PEOPLE v. CHERRY

Supreme Court of Michigan.

December 24, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, William L. Cahalan, Prosecuting Attorney, Patricia J. Boyle, Principal Attorney, Research, Training & Appeals, and Thomas Khalil, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people. State Appellate Defender Office (by Roger L. Wotila), for defendant.


ORDER

On order of the Court, defendant's conviction is peremptorily reversed and a new trial ordered on the ground that defendant sought to have the court exercise its discretion to exclude prior conviction evidence, and it is apparent that the court failed to recognize that it had such discretion and failed to exercise it. See People v Jackson, 391 Mich. 323 (1974). In order to comply with Jackson the trial...

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